Wednesday, October 5, 2011

If a programming language was a boat

I saw this article in a programming forum and I found it nice and accurate in describing programming languages and shows us the difference between them in a simple way, so I copied it here for you.

Java
Java is a cargo ship. It’s very bulky. It’s very enterprisey. Though it can also carry a lot of weight. Will carry a project, but not very fun to drive.



Perl
Perl is a tugboat. Powerful enough to tug Java around, in 80 characters or less.



Ruby
Ruby is difficult to describe. It’s sleek, sexy, and very fun to drive. Here’s a picture. Very trendy.



PHP
PHP is a bamboo raft. A series of hacks held together by string. Still keeps afloat though.



C
C is a nuclear submarine. The instructions are probably in a foreign language, but all of the hardware itself is optimized for performance.



C-sharp
Like a luxury cruiser. Sleek, good looking and quite comfy. However, not very fast , expensive and somewhat limiting.



Visual Basic

As time went on you realized it was completely bloody useless.



HTML

HTML isn’t really a programming language boat.



Python
Undeniably beautiful and elegant in the water, tends to be solid and reliable. Will work with little intervention, but also provides sails to help you go that little bit faster.



Javascript

Like James Bond Q Boat. It’s small but powerful and it’s really easy to get yourself killed trying to use it.



FORTRAN77

A concrete boat that still lurkes under the surface. You wouldn’t want to set sail with it though. Try navigating around it.



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