Where can I find a source on the advantages of difrent languages?

 

 

 

With nearly every programing language I hear people arguing for and against using the same mesurements of performance.

 

 

 

Examples

 

Java - too slow and dieing, as fast as C++ and growing strong

 

C++ - useless, useful

 

Javascript(Livescript) and VB - noob language or something to the effect

 

Python - slow, not sure why but this language gets LOTS of support

In my opinion, there are always people arguing over which languages are best, there is a rarely a consensus agreed.

 

 

 

It really depends on what you want to do, the examples you gave are quite varied. If you have a specific goal in mind, tell us and we might be able to give you advice.

 

 

 

I would also sugggest (if you havent already) read the 'Programming, it flat out baffles me' thread on this board, BTTF_Man outlines some good points.

I personally have never tried python or javascript, but i want to soon. I make all my programs in visual basic because its eaiser to use then many other programs

agreed adthegreat... http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=460312 has a lot of good information about various languages :)

Here are some links that have been handy for me

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison ... _languages

 

http://www.jvoegele.com/software/langcomp.html

 

http://merd.sourceforge.net/pixel/langu ... -language/ <-- comparison as related to scripting tasks

 

In general interpreted languages are slower once executed, but you have no need to compile them like with VB