Programming Languages - Hammer Principle

Post by jasey » Mon, Dec 17, 2012, 6:33 AM UTC

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I enjoyed Visual Basic's top few: * I am sometimes embarrassed to admit to my peers that I know this language * I am reluctant to admit to knowing this language * The thought that I may still be using this language in twenty years time fills me with dread * This language is frequently used for applications it isn't suitable for * Code written in this language tends to be verbose * This language is likely to be a pass…

I learned Visual Basic .NET in high school. It honestly wasn't nearly as bad as its reputation. It's more like a watered down C#. It's pretty decent once you get past the syntax. There's still no reason to pick it over C# though. One thing I can say I prefer in VB.NET is the handles syntax - private sub blah blah .. handles object.event. A bit more elegant than C#'s making the event function and adding it to the obje…

Post by erick23 » Mon, Dec 17, 2012, 7:17 AM UTC

Post by klibertp » Mon, Dec 17, 2012, 1:01 PM UTC

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> costs a lot of time and effort This is where I disagree strongly: as a programmer you should already know all ten of them [languages] and constantly be on a look out as to which of them use where. While in time my set of immediately usable for not trivial tasks languages was morphing significantly, I tried to keep my toolbox full, maintaining a solid 6 (my mind seems comfortable with that many) languages ready for…

All I'm trying to say is, I like PHP, I use it a lot for 'daily use'. That is, programming small things for personal use. I gave some examples earlier. And as I said, there are situations you'd think of another language than PHP, but that doesn't mean programming in PHP is a bad practice.