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Water Comparisons Water Comparisons: Two medium length documents compare object-oriented languages: Water with ConciseXML syntax, to JSP (JavaServer Pages) and Java; 1 brief list compares Water to PHP. (Comparison and Review) http://waterlanguage.org/Comparisons.html TUNES Project: Programming Languages TUNES Project: Programming Languages: Over 200 languages described, mostly original commentary, many deep insights, over 1,000 links. [Open Content] (Comparison and Review) http://cliki.tunes.org/Programming%20Languages PL Prelim Notes PL Prelim Notes: Lists and compares about 20 languages. (Comparison and Review) http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~humphrie/pl/ PLEAC: Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook PLEAC: Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook: Suite of common programming problems solved in Ada, C++, Erlang, Guile, Haskell, Java, Masd, merd, NASM, Objective Caml, Perl, Pliant, Python, Ruby, Tcl. (Comparison and Review) http://pleac.sourceforge.net/ Qtime Collection, FTP Download, Gzipped 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). (Comparison and Review) ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/misc/ Object-Oriented Languages in the Industry: A Comparison Object-Oriented Languages in the Industry: A Comparison: Table-based comparison of 4 major OO languages: Eiffel, C++, Java, Smalltalk. Criteria chosen to suggest where Eiffel is better. (Comparison and Review) http://archive.eiffel.com/doc/manuals/technology/oo_comparison/page.html The BNF Web Club Language The BNF Web Club Language: Browse, explore some programming language's syntactic rules. See relations between rules, understand them using BNF (Backus-Naur Form notation) and syntactic diagrams: SQL, PL/SQL, SQL2, IDL; Ada95, Java, Modula-2; Lazy, LISP, M5. (Comparison and Review) http://cui.unige.ch/db-research/Enseignement/analyseinfo/index.html Programming Language Comparison Programming Language Comparison: Table compares popular object-oriented languages: Eiffel, Smalltalk, Ruby, Java, C++, Python, Perl, Visual Basic. (Comparison and Review) http://www.jvoegele.com/software/langcomp.html Ada versus Modula-3 Ada versus Modula-3: Compares similarities and differences, by user of both languages. (Comparison and Review) http://archive.dstc.edu.au/AU/staff/crawley/ada/m3-vs-ada.html Is Ada a Better C? Is Ada a Better C?: Compares Ada, C, C++, language facilities under DOS. Copy of article in EXE magazine, May 1997, originally titled "Ada better than C++?" Text and code samples. (Comparison and Review) http://www.beesknees.freeserve.co.uk/articles/ada-vs-cpp.html How Does Ruby Compare With Python? How Does Ruby Compare With Python?: By John Dell'Aquila. Text description, no code samples, Ruby Garden FAQ entry from comp.lang.python post. (Comparison and Review) http://www.rubygarden.org/iowa/faqtotum/abQVRnqSeWIdM/b/1.11.7.2.5 Comparing Development Costs of C and Ada Comparing Development Costs of C and Ada: Article by Stephen F. Zeigler. 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. (Comparison and Review) http://www.adaic.com/whyada/ada-vs-c/cada_art.html Informal Language Comparison Chart(s) Informal Language Comparison Chart(s): Links, and table comparing Ruby, Objective-C, Smalltalk-80 (old), SmallScript (Smalltalk-98 dialect), JavaScript 2.0 (ECMA Script), C#, C++, Java, Python, CLOS. (Comparison and Review) http://www.smallscript.org/Language%20Comparison%20Chart.asp Ted Shieh's Programming Language Comparison Ted Shieh's Programming Language Comparison: A comparison of the features of and demand for some of the major programming languages. (Comparison and Review) http://www.liquidmarkets.com/?name=lc&id=3 Why I don't use C# Why I don't use C#: A non-compartive critique of the C# language by the creator of the Heron language. (Comparison and Review) http://www.heron-language.com/c-sharp-critique.html Sun's Comparison of Language Features Sun's Comparison of Language Features: Table graphic, uses good-fair-poor metric, compares Java, Smalltalk, Tcl, Perl, Shells, C, C++. (Comparison and Review) http://www.npac.syr.edu/users/gcf/cps616java96/foilsepimagedir/023IMAGE.html Guidelines for Choosing a Computer Language: Support for the Visionary Organizations Guidelines for Choosing a Computer Language: Support for the Visionary Organizations: Multipage study compares: 4GL/5GL, 3GL (Ada 95, C, C++, COBOL, FORTRAN, Java, Smalltalk), 2GL (Assembly). Divides language (definition) from traits of products that implement and support it. Several sections, tables, appendixes. (Comparison and Review) http://archive.adaic.com/docs/reports/lawlis/content.htm Intelligent Systems Intelligent Systems: Table compares traits of DreamMaker, C/C++, Java/C#, Visual Basic, Assembly. (Comparison and Review) http://isdreamaker.com/dm_compare.htm Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language: Brian Kernighan's comparison of Pascal and C (Comparison and Review) http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/bwk-on-pascal.html Survey of scripting language implementation options Survey of scripting language implementation options: A comparison of scripting language approaches in various categories. Pros and cons are given for each feature variation. (Comparison and Review) http://www.geocities.com/tablizer/langopts.htm Java vs. C# Java vs. C#: Code for code comparison. All features on both languages are compared. (Comparison and Review) http://www.javacamp.org/javavscsharp/index.html Is .NET's 'C' Sharper Than C++ or Java? Is .NET's 'C' Sharper Than C++ or Java?: By Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier. Text compares a few aspects of C#, Java, C++. [NewsFactor] (Comparison and Review) http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20584.html Programming language benchmarks Programming language benchmarks: Benchmark of the same program in some recent languages aims to support language choice decision for implementing computation-intensive web apps. (Comparison and Review) http://dan.corlan.net/bench.html C# From a Java Developer's Perspective C# From a Java Developer's Perspective: Comprehensive article by Dare Obasanjo, details most similarities and differences between the two languages: features Java has that C# doesn't, and features C# has that Java doesn't. Text, tables, code, resources. (Comparison and Review) http://www.25hoursaday.com/CsharpVsJava.html Inferno/Limbo vs. JavaOS/Java Inferno/Limbo vs. JavaOS/Java: A small overview of the differences between Inferno/Limbo and JavaOS/Java. (Comparison and Review) http://www.cs.hut.fi/~kny/inferno/compare.html TIOBE Programming Community Index TIOBE Programming Community Index: Monthly updated index that gives an indication of the popularity of programming languages. (Comparison and Review) http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm The C Family of Languages The C Family of Languages: Interview with Dennis Ritchie, Bjarne Stroustrup, James Gosling. (Comparison and Review) http://www.gotw.ca/publications/c_family_interview.htm Just Say No to Microsoft: Programming Languages Just Say No to Microsoft: Programming Languages: Describes dozens of mostly living languages, grouped by family similarities. Most are alternatives to Microsoft. (Comparison and Review) http://microsoft.toddverbeek.com/lang.html Why C is not a good numerical language Why C is not a good numerical language: Explains why Fortran is a better language than C. (Comparison and Review) http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~mjr/C/ University of Michigan's Language Guide University of Michigan's Language Guide: Each entry includes history, description, code examples, and references. (Comparison and Review) http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/ Syntax Across Languages Syntax Across Languages: Operator names and syntax elements in various programming languages. (Comparison and Review) http://merd.net/pixel/language-study/syntax-across-languages.html An Empirical Comparison of C, C++, Java, Perl, Python, Rexx, and Tcl An Empirical Comparison of C, C++, Java, Perl, Python, Rexx, and Tcl: By Lutz Prechelt. Neutral, quantitative analysis of 7 languages in title, for 7 variables, via 80 implementations of the same requirement set. PDF format. [IEEE Computer] (Comparison and Review)[PDF] http://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/~prechelt/Biblio/jccpprt_computer2000.pdf Python Compared to Other Languages Python Compared to Other Languages: Many links to comparisons involving Python. (Comparison and Review) http://www.python.org/doc/Comparisons.html Programmers: Otters with Rocks? Programmers: Otters with Rocks?: Discusses historical move from low level languages to higher level interpreted ones, productivity, future developments. Active feedback response. [ZDNet News] (Comparison and Review) http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-529641.html The Zen of Python The Zen of Python: By Tim Peters. (Comparison and Review) http://www.awaretek.com/zen.html Is Turing a Better Language for Teaching Programming than Pascal? Is Turing a Better Language for Teaching Programming than Pascal?: Compares Turing to Pascal, long text document, no tables or graphs; by Jacqueline L. Martin, 1996, many references. (Comparison and Review) http://www.holtsoft.com/turing/essay.html Beyond Java? Beyond Java?: Compares Java and Dylan, with examples from building two CORBA IDL compilers. Topics include: multiple inheritance, multi-argument dispatch, unified object model, extensible syntax. Several code examples. (Comparison and Review) http://www.functionalobjects.com/resources/beyond-java.phtml The Quine Page The Quine Page: Collection of self-reproducing programs: each outputs a copy of its own source code; about 60 languages. (Comparison and Review) http://www.nyx.net/~gthompso/quine.htm A Comparative Overview of C# A Comparative Overview of C#: Also compares C#, Java, C++. By Ben Albahari. (Comparison and Review) http://genamics.com/developer/csharp_comparative.htm Schizoid Classes - Of class, type, and method Schizoid Classes - Of class, type, and method: A comparison of Java and Smalltalk. By Rodney Bates. (Comparison and Review) http://acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=205 Contrast Ruby and Other Languages Contrast Ruby and Other Languages: Ruby vs Perl, Python, Tcl, Java, Eiffel, C++. Very short. (Comparison and Review) http://www.math.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/%7Egotoken/ruby/compar.shtml What's Wrong with Perl What's Wrong with Perl: Author explains what he considers wrong about Perl, presents Python as an alternative. Descriptions, code samples, links. (Comparison and Review) http://www.garshol.priv.no/download/text/perl.html Tcl Advocacy Tcl Advocacy: Table, text, links compare Tcl, Perl, Python, JavaScript, Visual Basic. (Comparison and Review) http://www.tcl.tk/advocacy/ History and Comparing Programming Languages History and Comparing Programming Languages: The files at this site compare programming language statements in several different languages tracing the statement from early languages to present languages. (Comparison and Review) http://www.gavilan.edu/csis/languages/history.html D vs Other Languages D vs Other Languages: Yes-No table with definitions compares D, C, C++, C#, Java, on: GC, functions, arrays, OOP, performance, reliability, compatibility, conditional compiling. [Digital Mars] (Comparison and Review) http://www.digitalmars.com/d/comparison.html Dylan Competitive Analysis Dylan Competitive Analysis: Compares Dylan, Smalltalk, Objective-C, C/C++. Long document. (Comparison and Review) http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~brd/cs212/handouts/comparison.htm ACM "Hello, World" Project ACM "Hello, World" Project: List of the famous "Hello, World!" programming teaching program, in hundreds of different languages. (Comparison and Review) http://www2.latech.edu/~acm/HelloWorld.shtml Reasons for TOM Reasons for TOM: TOM attempts to address flaws in these languages: C++, Cecil, Common Lisp, Eiffel, Java, Objective-C, Smalltalk. (Comparison and Review) http://gerbil.org/tom/doc/why.shtml Ada95, Java, and C++ 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 (Comparison and Review) http://www.adahome.com/Resources/Languages/chart3.html CLOS, Eiffel, and Sather: A Comparison CLOS, Eiffel, and Sather: A Comparison: Comprehensive, many references; zipped Postscript, inlined gifs. (Comparison and Review) http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/~sather/Publications/tr-91-047.html Survey of Programming Languages Associated with the Web Survey of Programming Languages Associated with the Web: General feature comparisons, explanations. (Comparison and Review) http://faculty.frostburg.edu/cosc/htracy/cosc120/MODULES120/NetPL/PL_Net.htm Fortran90 vs. Ada95 Fortran90 vs. Ada95: Compares Ada95 to Fortran90 via code samples, text. Well reasoned and written, many examples. Finds Ada equal or better than Fortran in all aspects but one marginal trait. (Comparison and Review) http://fedelma.astro.univie.ac.at/web/fortran90_ada95.html 1% the Code 1% the Code: Compares colorForth and C: Chuck Moore, father of Forth, expects colorForth applications to need only 1% the code of C programs. No code samples. (Comparison and Review) http://www.colorforth.com/1percent.html Java vs. JavaScript Java vs. JavaScript: Similarities and Differences. From First Step Communications. (Comparison and Review) http://www.firststep.com.au/education/solid_ground/javadiff.html The ROT13 Page The ROT13 Page: ROT13 implemented in many programming languages. (Comparison and Review) http://www.miranda.org/~jkominek/rot13/ Languages Versus D Languages Versus D: Growing table compares D, C, C++, C#, Java, Delphi, Python, Perl, Eiffel, Sather, Smalltalk, Lisp/CLOS, Ada. Many clarifying comments below. [Wiki4D, Open Content] (Comparison and Review) http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?LanguagesVersusD Ada, C, C++, and Java vs. The Steelman 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. (Comparison and Review) http://www.adahome.com/History/Steelman/steeltab.htm 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall: Shows source code implementation for the same simple program across over 250 different programming languages. (Comparison and Review) http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net/ Developer's Dilemma: Perl or PHP? Developer's Dilemma: Perl or PHP?: By Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier. How to choose between two languages that are both very popular for Web development? Text, forum comments. [NewsFactor] (Comparison and Review) http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19912.html HEL vs. WebL HEL vs. WebL: A comparison of two languages specialized for retrieving and parsing HTML pages. (Comparison and Review) http://cheops.cis.upenn.edu/~sahuguet/WAPI/HELvsWebL.html In Search of the Ideal Programming Language In Search of the Ideal Programming Language: Article by Sergey Polak. Review and comparison programming languages in search expressive, extensible, readable, safe, portable language. (Comparison and Review) http://members.aol.com/SergeyP/paper.html Java and Smalltalk Syntax Compared Java and Smalltalk Syntax Compared: Table and notes compare some elements of syntax of Java 1.1 to Smalltalk-80. (Comparison and Review) http://www.chimu.com/publications/JavaSmalltalkSyntax.html Io Comparisons Io Comparisons: Compares a few variables (size, speed, syntax) in many languages: Brain, C, Cel, F-Script, Forth (gForth, pForth), Icon, Java (Kaffe), Lisp (CLisp, Guile, LispMe, Scheme48), Lua, Perl, Pike, Python, Ruby, Self, Smalltalk (GNU, Squeak, SuperCollider), Tcl. (Comparison and Review) http://www.iolanguage.com/comparisons/ Objective-C: Comparisons With Other Languages Objective-C: Comparisons With Other Languages: Compares Objective-C, SmallTalk-80, C++, Eiffel. (Comparison and Review) http://www.dekorte.com/Objective-C/Comparisons.html Linea Engineering, Inc.: Getting The Biggest Bang For Your Buck Linea Engineering, Inc.: Getting The Biggest Bang For Your Buck: Compares VisualGen, Smalltalk, C++/Java, ANSI COBOL 85. (Comparison and Review) http://www.lineaengineering.com/Resources/Productivity_/productivity_.html Advanced Programming Language Design Advanced Programming Language Design: Book compares over 70 languages, and main classes: imperative, functional, object-oriented, dataflow, concurrent, declarative, aggregate. By Raphael Finkel, Addison-Wesley. (Comparison and Review) http://www.awprofessional.com/catalog/product.asp?product_id={92E30B39-5D91-45F9-9919-D202BE6341F9} Comparison of Oberon-2 with Modula-2 Comparison of Oberon-2 with Modula-2: Short text summary of main features of Oberon-2; target audience: Modula-2 programmers unfamiliar with Oberon-2, but familiar with object-oriented and extensible programming concepts. (Comparison and Review) http://www.zel.org/oberon/compo2m2.htm Programming Languages Table Programming Languages Table: By Capers Jones, Chairman, Software Productivity Research, Inc. Huge table of function point evaluation values (how many code lines needed for a task) compares 500 languages, dialects, and/or implementations. (Comparison and Review) http://www.theadvisors.com/langcomparison.htm C++??: A Critique of C++ (3rd ed.) C++??: A Critique of C++ (3rd ed.): A critical view on the C++ and C programming language. [Postscript] (Comparison and Review) http://mis.ucd.ie/courses/misp617/mms406/CPPCV3.ps Java versus C++ Java versus C++: This document compares the languages Java and C++. HTML, PS and PDF formats. (Comparison and Review) http://www.dur.ac.uk/barry.cornelius/Java/java.versus.c++/ Timing Trials, or, the Trials of Timing: Experiments with Scripting and User-Interface Languages Timing Trials, or, the Trials of Timing: Experiments with Scripting and User-Interface Languages: By Brian Kernighan, Christopher Van Wyk. Compares how fast C, Awk, Perl, Tcl, Java, Visual Basic, Limbo, Scheme, run a range of representative tasks. Text, tables, graphs, code samples. (Comparison and Review) http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/bwk/interps/pap.html Programming Languages mini-HOWTO Programming Languages mini-HOWTO: Brief comparison of major Linux programming languages C, C++, Fortran, Java, Lisp, Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl; by Risto S. Varanka. (Comparison and Review) http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Programming-Languages.html A Comparison of C++, FORTRAN 90 and Oberon-2 for Scientific Programming A Comparison of C++, FORTRAN 90 and Oberon-2 for Scientific Programming: The report concludes by a personal assessment of the three languages with respect to the numerical context. By Bernd Mösli. The reader's experience in scientific programming in C or FORTRAN would be advantageous. (Comparison and Review) http://www.arithmetica.ch/Oberon/CFORTRANOberon.nhtml Are scripting languages the wave of the future? Are scripting languages the wave of the future?: Programming guru, Robert Martin, on languages of the coming decade. (Comparison and Review) http://www.itworld.com/AppDev/1262/itw-0314-rcmappdevint/ TMXxine Languages TMXxine Languages: Brief comparison Curl with High Level assembler, BCX, Dark Basic, Mono (C#/.Net implementation), Python, Squeak, XBasic/XBlite. Curl applet examples. (Comparison and Review) http://www.cyber-shaktipat.org/relax/languages.html Java and C++ Resource Management Comparison Java and C++ Resource Management Comparison: Detailed discussion of the techniques used in Java and C++ to implement leak free and exception safe resource management. Covers memory management, finalizers, destructors and finally blocks with examples. (Comparison and Review) http://www.fatalmind.com/paper/java_vs_cplusplus/resource.pdf Gnat and Linux: C++ and Java Under Fire Gnat and Linux: C++ and Java Under Fire: Compares Ada, Java, C, C++, Delphi. Text, tables. Gnat and Linux orientation. [Linux Gazette] (Comparison and Review) http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue33/burtch.html Quantifying the Debate: Ada vs. C++ Quantifying the Debate: Ada vs. C++: Tables and text compare Ada83, Ada95, C, C++; mainly costs, reliability. By Donald J. Reifer. [CrossTalk] (Comparison and Review) http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/1996/07/quantify.asp Programming Information from HB Programming Information from HB: Text descriptions compare C/C++, Java, Pascal, Basic, VeraStream; Oracle; HTML, XML; JavaScript, PHP. (Comparison and Review) http://www.cybercomm.nl/~broers/programming.html Programming Language Categories Programming Language Categories: Brief text compares 6 basic language types: general scripting, programmer scripting, application development, low-level, pure functional, complete core. (Comparison and Review) http://www.cs.oberlin.edu/~jwalker/languageCategories.html Examples of Programs in Different Programming Languages Examples of Programs in Different Programming Languages: Compares 129 (or 157?) languages, via 418 code samples, and growing. (Comparison and Review) http://www.ntecs.de/old-hp/uu9r/lang/html/lang.en.html What I Hate About Your Programming Language What I Hate About Your Programming Language: Text treats general aspects of language choices, then compares hatred of Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, C, C++, JavaScript, XSLT, SQL. With many forum comments. [ONLamp.com] (Comparison and Review) http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/05/12/languagephilosophy.html My Programming Language Crisis My Programming Language Crisis: Some points on language design by Keith Waclena. (Comparison and Review) http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/keith/crisis/crisis.html Comparisons of Tcl with Other Systems Comparisons of Tcl with Other Systems: Many comparisons between Tcl/Tk and other similar systems, most copied from comp.lang.tcl. (Comparison and Review) http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/sai/ss96/uxdb2/comparison.html Programming Language Critiques Programming Language Critiques: Annotated links to critiques (Older version, by original author) (Comparison and Review) http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/pdp8/critiques/critiques.html The Great Computer Language Shootout 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. (Comparison and Review) http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/great/ Java Benchmark Java Benchmark: By Rene Grothmann. Compares sieve algorithm in Java and C/C++. Text, tables, live comparison applet. (Comparison and Review) http://mathsrv.ku-eichstaett.de/MGF/homes/grothmann/java/bench/Bench.html Programming Language Critiques: Pascal, C, C++, and C-Linda Programming Language Critiques: Pascal, C, C++, and C-Linda: By Jim Basney. May 1995. (Comparison and Review) http://www.lernnetz-sh.de/kmlinux/doc/Pascal-Kurs/critique.html Nine Language Performance Round-up: Benchmarking Math & File I/O Nine Language Performance Round-up: Benchmarking Math & File I/O: Small-scale benchmark test run on 9 languages or variants: Java 1.3.1 and 1.4.2, C via gcc 3.3.1, Python 2.3.2 and via Psyco 1.1.1, 4 from Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003: Visual Basic/C#/C++/J#. (Comparison and Review) http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5602 Why Tcl is Better than Perl Why Tcl is Better than Perl: Says Tcl is simpler, more maintainable, has superior GUI interface; Perl is hard to maintain and embed, thread unsafe, complex to learn. No code samples, tables, graphs. (Comparison and Review) http://www.tcl.tk/advocacy/perl.html VB or not VB VB or not VB: Visual Basic, VB.Net critiques in comparison with Delphi and C#. (Comparison and Review) http://www.shagrouni.com/english/software/vbnot.html Ruby Versus Nine Object-Oriented Languages Ruby Versus Nine Object-Oriented Languages: Compares Ruby, Objective-C, Smalltalk-80, C++, Java, Python, CLOS, Perl5, PHP, Dylan. (Comparison and Review) http://www.approximity.com/ruby/Comparison_rb_st_m_java.html