By gst
via utcc.utoronto.ca
Published: Aug 20 2007 / 11:52
Here's a thesis: in the current environment, there are three significant ecological niches for general purpose languages. They can be expressed as combinations of features:
1. low level, with strong control over what happens when you do things; such a language is above all predictable by default: C, C++
2. loose control (with features such as garbage collection), but statically and strongly typed for compile-time assurance: Java, C#
3. loose control and dynamically typed: Python, Ruby
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