Comparison and Review
Comparison and Review
Comparison and Review Links
- 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Shows source code implementation for the same simple program across over 220 different programming languages.
- Fun with Computer Languages Humorous comparisons of programming languages using various analogies.
- Programming Language Comparison A comparison of the features of and demand for some of the major programming languages.
- C++??: A Critique of C++ (3rd ed.) A critical view on the C++ and C programming language.
- The Quine Page Collection of self-reproducing programs: each outputs a copy of its own source code; about 60 languages.
- Inferno/Limbo vs. JavaOS/Java A small overview of the differences between Inferno/Limbo and JavaOS/Java.
- Object-Oriented Programming Language Comparison Comparison and review of several popular Object-Oriented programming languages.
- Ada95, Java, and C++ Some people think Java is like C++, but usual C++ idioms do not carry over to Java because Java is not a C++ superset or subset; Java is a derivation with many modifications, extensions. The language's syntax is alike, but semantics and philosophy is very different. Java is closer to Ada95 than to C++, syntax notwithstanding.
- Object-Oriented Languages in the Industry: A Comparison Compares Eiffel, C++, Java, Smalltalk. Criteria chosen to suggest where Eiffel is better.
- Perl versus ... Tom Christiansen compares Perl to other languages, and some of the others to yet others.
- QTime: Magnetic Ink: HTML Download Display time as English sentence, coded in: AWK, C, ICI, Icon, JavaScript, Lite/mSQL, PHP3, Pike, Python, Rebol, Rexx, Ruby, S-Lang, Spanner.
- The Great Computer Language Shootout A collection of banchmarks performed on 24 different languages. Includes a tool to grade languages depending on how well they did on tests that matter for you.
- Are scripting languages the wave of the future? Programming guru, Robert Martin, on languages of the coming decade.
- Linea Engineering, Inc.: Getting The Biggest Bang For Your Buck Compares VisualGen, Smalltalk, C++/Java, ANSI COBOL 85.
- HEL vs. WebL A comparison of two languages specialized for retrieving and parsing HTML pages.
- Comparison: BETA, C++, Eiffel, Java, Object Pascal, Ruby, Smalltalk Small but useful table of traits.
- Dylan Competitive Analysis Dylan vs Smalltalk, Objective-C, C/C++.
- ZDNet News: Programmers: Otters with Rocks? Discusses historical move from low level languages to higher level interpreted ones, productivity, future developments. Active feedback response.
- Programming Languages Table Big, very useful table of function point evaluation values for many languages; by Capers Jones, Chairman, Software Productivity Research, Inc.
- Ada, C, C++, and Java vs. The Steelman Compares 4 programming languages (Ada95, C, C++, Java) with the requirements of "Steelman", original 1978 requirements document for Ada language. Big detailed table.
- Sun's Comparison of Language Features Sun's comparison of Java, Smalltalk, TCL, Perl, Shells, C, and C++
- Programming Language Critiques Annotated links to critiques (Newer version, by new author)
- Java vs. JavaScript History and features of each language
- PL Prelim Notes Lists and compares about 20 languages.
- Java vs. JavaScript Similarities and Differences. From First Step Communications.
- The ROT13 Page ROT13 implemented in many programming languages.
- Python Compared to Other Languages Many links to comparisons involving Python.
- CLOS, Eiffel, and Sather: A Comparison Comprehensive, many references; zipped Postscript, inlined gifs.
- Survey of scripting language implementation options A comparison of scripting language approaches in various categories. Pros and cons are given for each feature variation.
- University of Michigan's Language Guide Each entry includes history, description, code examples, and references.
- ACM "Hello, World" Project List of the famous "Hello, World!" programming teaching program, in hundreds of different languages.
- VB or not VB Visual Basic critiques in comparison with Delphi.
- Fortran90 vs. Ada95 The superiority of Ada95 over Fortran90. Well reasoned, well written, many code samples.
- Survey of Programming Languages Associated with the Web General feature comparisons, explanations.
- Contrast Ruby and Other Languages Ruby vs Perl, Python, Tcl, Java, Eiffel, C++. Very short.
- Programming Language Critiques Annotated links to critiques (Older version, by original author)
- Reasons for TOM Flaws in various languages that TOM attempts to address
- Willcam's Language Feature Simple Comparison Tabular comparison of Java, Perl, Smalltalk, C++, C, Tcl, and the Shells
- Objective-C: Comparisons with other Languages Comparisons with SmallTalk, C++, and Eiffel
- Lambda the Ultimate Programming Languages Weblog with news and discussion.
- Is Turing a better language for teaching programming than Pascal ? by Jacqueline L. Martin (1996)
- Beyond Java? Comparison of Java and Dylan, with examples from an IDL compiler. Topics include: multiple inheritance, multi-argument dispatch, unified object model, extensible syntax.
- Examples of programs in different programming languages 236 Examples in 97 programming languages, and growing.
- Recursive Benchmark in 14 Languages Paper comparing the feasibility and efficiency of implementations of recursive algorithms in 14 different languages.
- Comparison between Modula-3 and other languages? Compares Oberon, Modula-3, Sather, and Self in the context of object-oriented programming.
- Qtime Collection, FTP Download, Gzipped Display time as English sentence, coded in: AWK, C, ICI, Icon, JavaScript, Lite/mSQL, PHP3, Pike, Python, REBOL, Rexx, Ruby, SLang, Spanner. Tested on only Linux (all) and AmigaOS (C and Rexx versions).
- Comparisons of Tcl with Other Systems From ICEM CFD Engineering: Many comparisons between Tcl/Tk and other similar systems, most copied from comp.lang.tcl.
- Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language Brian Kernighan's comparison of Pascal and C
- Comparing Development Costs of C and Ada Detailed analysis of a case where most variables were controlled enough to make a comparison between development costs (time, error rates, code size, ...) of the 2 languages: descriptions, tables, charts, graphs.
- Programming Languages as Cars (TXT) Humorous look at various programming languages.
- Object-Oriented Technologies Includes a brief comparison of C++ and Java. By DPC Technology Corporation.
- A Comparative Overview of C# (with Java and C++) by Ben Albahari.
- Comparison of C++, FORTRAN 90, Oberon-2 for Scientific Programming 1995 article written in academic style with references
- Programming Languages Are Like Women Humorous analogies between programming languages and women.
- Programming Languages mini HOWTO A brief comparison of major programming languages for Linux by Risto S. Varanka.
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