Hi! On Thu Aug 28, 2003 at 03:14:25PM +0300, Alphonse Ogulla wrote: > On Thursday 28 August 2003 11:16, you wrote: you == Thomas Krennwallner <djmaecki@ull.at> and I wrote it at Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:02:44 +0200 What's up with your MUA? > > 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. No. There are too many languages to mention here. Read the last 3 dots in my paragraph as TBC ;-) Java is good for Web Apps, multiplatform GUI, ... INSERT YOUR FAVOURITE LANGUAGE HERE is good for ... And don't forget: But that all doesn't matter. Every language has its pros and cons and trying to find THE language will end in esotheric discussions. For me its clear: use the language you think is good for completing a given task. I know you cannot always make this decision but if you have the chance, choose carefully ;-) So long Thomas -- .''`. Obviously we do not want to leave zombies around. - W. R. Stevens : :' : Thomas Krennwallner <djmaecki at ull dot at> `. `'` 1024D/67A1DA7B 9484 D99D 2E1E 4E02 5446 DAD9 FF58 4E59 67A1 DA7B `- http://bigfish.ull.at/~djmaecki/
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