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On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have no intention in participating in a language war, but I couldn't let the alleged consensus go unanswered.
Consensus doesn't mean that literally everyone agrees. At least,
that's not how I meant it. But I can tell you with utter and complete
confidence that experienced programmers who have used both Java and C#
extensively enough to really be proficient in both (and usually plenty
of other languages as well) will *by and large* hold the opinion that
C# is the nicer language. (And it is necessarily an opinion. It's not
like there is some objective measure of language niceness.)
Maybe I should also clarify what I mean by "nicer language". I am
mainly talking about the design of the language itself, rather than
what libraries are available for it, or what platforms it can run on.
When Aaron says Ruby was "just put together well", that is the sense I
am talking about.
There are some classic examples of extremely well-thought-out
languages that nevertheless relatively few people use due to other
practical considerations. Scheme and Smalltalk come to mind. (Maybe
Ruby will become a more modern example.)
John Y.
midrange.com
