Re: FW: OT: Why is C so popular?
On Thursday 28 August 2003 11:16, you wrote:
> There is no such language which performs in all situations well. C is
> fast, but you have to code really careful and double-check your source.
> Erlang was designed for telephony tasks (message passing, ...). Prolog
> is superior in expert systems. Perl is real good for quick string hacks.
> Python scales better than Perl for larger projects and is good for rapid
> prototyping. C++ scales well in large-scale software designs which needs
> to be fast...
C, Erlang, Prolog, Perl, Python and C++ are all refered to in the above
paragraph. Java is conspicuouly not mentioned. I construe that to mean Java
is so much lacking in useful qualities to serve any practical purpose.
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Alphonse Ogulla
Nairobi, Kenya
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