Just for fun.
[There are 2 more papers on this site that could be interesting.]

Found this on http://paulgraham.com/fix.html

Any one cares to make an entry for D ?

     Kevin Kelleher suggested an interesting way to compare programming
languages: to describe each in terms of the problem it fixes. The surprising
thing is how many, and how well, languages can be described this way.



            Algol: Assembly language is too low-level.

            Pascal: Algol doesn't have enough data types.

            Modula: Pascal is too wimpy for systems programming.

            Simula: Algol isn't good enough at simulations.

            Smalltalk: Not everything in Simula is an object.

            Fortran: Assembly language is too low-level.

            Cobol: Fortran is scary.

            PL/1: Fortran doesn't have enough data types.

            Ada: Every existing language is missing something.

            Basic: Fortran is scary.

            APL: Fortran isn't good enough at manipulating arrays.

            J: APL requires its own character set.

            C: Assemby language is too low-level.

            C++: C is too low-level.

            Java: C++ is a kludge. And Microsoft is going to crush us.

            C#: Java is controlled by Sun.

            Lisp: Turing Machines are an awkward way to describe
computation.

            Scheme: MacLisp is a kludge.

            T: Scheme has no libraries.

            Common Lisp: There are too many dialects of Lisp.

            Dylan: Scheme has no libraries, and Lisp syntax is scary.

            Perl: Shell scripts/awk/sed are not enough like programming
languages.

            Python: Perl is a kludge.

            Ruby: Perl is a kludge, and Lisp syntax is scary.

            Prolog: Programming is not enough like logic.

Carlos Smith wrote:
> Just for fun.
> [There are 2 more papers on this site that could be interesting.]
> 
> Found this on http://paulgraham.com/fix.html
> 
> Any one cares to make an entry for D ?
> 
>      Kevin Kelleher suggested an interesting way to compare programming
> languages: to describe each in terms of the problem it fixes. The surprising
> thing is how many, and how well, languages can be described this way.
> 
> 
> 
>             Algol: Assembly language is too low-level.
> 
>             Pascal: Algol doesn't have enough data types.
> 
>             Modula: Pascal is too wimpy for systems programming.
> 
>             Simula: Algol isn't good enough at simulations.
> 
>             Smalltalk: Not everything in Simula is an object.
> 
>             Fortran: Assembly language is too low-level.
> 
>             Cobol: Fortran is scary.
> 
>             PL/1: Fortran doesn't have enough data types.
> 
>             Ada: Every existing language is missing something.
> 
>             Basic: Fortran is scary.
> 
>             APL: Fortran isn't good enough at manipulating arrays.
> 
>             J: APL requires its own character set.
> 
>             C: Assemby language is too low-level.
> 
>             C++: C is too low-level.
> 
>             Java: C++ is a kludge. And Microsoft is going to crush us.
> 
>             C#: Java is controlled by Sun.
> 
>             Lisp: Turing Machines are an awkward way to describe
> computation.
> 
>             Scheme: MacLisp is a kludge.
> 
>             T: Scheme has no libraries.
> 
>             Common Lisp: There are too many dialects of Lisp.
> 
>             Dylan: Scheme has no libraries, and Lisp syntax is scary.
> 
>             Perl: Shell scripts/awk/sed are not enough like programming
> languages.
> 
>             Python: Perl is a kludge.
> 
>             Ruby: Perl is a kludge, and Lisp syntax is scary.
> 
>             Prolog: Programming is not enough like logic.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

I guess

D: C++ is a kludge, Java and C# run in a VM

In article <dp5226$cqs$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Hasan Aljudy says...
>
>I guess
>
>D: C++ is a kludge, Java and C# run in a VM

.. and C leaks memory like a sieve ;)

- EricAnderton at yahoo

Carlos Smith wrote:
> Just for fun. [There are 2 more papers on this site that could be
> interesting.]
> 
> Found this on http://paulgraham.com/fix.html
> 
> Any one cares to make an entry for D ?
> 
> Kevin Kelleher suggested an interesting way to compare programming languages: to describe each in terms of the problem it fixes. The
> surprising thing is how many, and how well, languages can be
> described this way.

This one is a no-brainer.

  C++ is too hard on the compiler writer. And on the programmer.

Ask Walter. :-)

"Georg Wrede" <georg.wrede@nospam.org> wrote in message news:43B71D53.8070908@nospam.org...
> Carlos Smith wrote:
>> Just for fun. [There are 2 more papers on this site that could be interesting.]
>>
>> Found this on http://paulgraham.com/fix.html
>>
>> Any one cares to make an entry for D ?
>>
>> Kevin Kelleher suggested an interesting way to compare programming languages: to describe each in terms of the problem it fixes. The surprising thing is how many, and how well, languages can be described this way.
>
> This one is a no-brainer.
>
>   C++ is too hard on the compiler writer. And on the programmer.
>
> Ask Walter. :-)

True enough. C++ is unimplementable.

Carlos Smith schrieb:
> Just for fun.
> [There are 2 more papers on this site that could be interesting.]
> 
> Found this on http://paulgraham.com/fix.html
> 
> Any one cares to make an entry for D ?

D: Two C++ programmers rarely understand each other's code.

The two notable exceptions are absolute noobs who know only the syntax, and absolute freaks who spend more time reading books on new compiler-torturing techniques than actually programming. :) I want to think i belong to the second.

-eye

Best candidate yet ;-)))
(Assuming that I am a very-very lazy programmer.)

Tamás

>This one is a no-brainer.
>
>   C++ is too hard on the compiler writer. And on the programmer.
>
>Ask Walter. :-)

Carlos Smith wrote:
> Just for fun.
> [There are 2 more papers on this site that could be interesting.]
> 
> Found this on http://paulgraham.com/fix.html
> 
> Any one cares to make an entry for D ?

On a related note:

http://monster-island.org/tinashumor/humor/milk.html

Can any of you D programmers out there think of a good response for this list?

Stewart.

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