On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 07:14, Alphonse Ogulla wrote: > 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.
Or the poster doesn't know much about Java. Having used Java, I'd say that Java isn't good for small programs/quick hacks. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA The difference between drunken sailors and Congressmen is that drunken sailors spend their own money. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
