Why choose one language over another - was :Re: Programming language recommendation?
Much of this choice would seem to be based upon what you want to accomplish. My 3 top choices would be PERL which is well supported by CPAN, Python, and C using the gnu compiler collection (gcc). It seems that everyone has a favorite and each has it's merits. Why one language would be chosen over another is a topic probably best answered by others on the listso I'll open that up. Why choose one language over another to code a given task? What makes a language better for one task and not so good for another?
Eric AF6EP
On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Alan P. Biddle APBIDDLE@united.net wrote:
We have a lot of folks here who do programming at a variety of levels. After a 20+ year hiatus, I am looking to get back into doing a bit of programming. The intent is not to get into it at a professional level, but to be able to rip off quick and dirty small programs. Data acquisition, taking the output of a program and merge and reformat it for specific purposes, which of course I can do in some cases with Excel, are a couple of things which come to mind. It will need the ability to interact with external hardware. However, the primary purpose is as a brain stretcher for someone who once thought F*RTR*N was a real language.
I am tempted to say that I am looking for the current generation BASIC, but I am want something a bit beyond that, though of course the ability to print "Hello World" with less than 10 lines of code is a plus. ;) And it needs to be something I can get into using a free or low cost compiler. I am not much interested in spending a few hundred dollars.
People have recommended Python, older versions of Delphi, early version of C, etc, as what I should do. Well, maybe. So if anyone has a good recommendation, please contact me OFF LIST. And did I say, it needs to be cheap?!
Alan WA4SCA
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Catherine McMillan
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There is often little to choose between the needed facilities that different languages offer. The best choice is usually the one you already know how to program. The same with microprocessors, PIC against ATMEL for instance. Unless there's a very good reason not to, stick with the one you already know.
Eric Fort wrote:
Much of this choice would seem to be based upon what you want to accomplish.
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