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Java vs. C++
Java is preferable to C++ in exactly the same way that driving a 1994 Chevy Impala is preferable to driving a 1978 Ford LTD.
Update: Here’s some pictures to help you with the visualization.
1978 Ford LTD
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1994 Chevy Impala
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Posted by windley on February 3, 2005 7:46 PM
Comment from Jeff Lewis at February 4, 2005 7:44 AM
That must mean that C# is a 2005 Cadillac CTS-V. ;-)
Comment from Bryant Ctler at February 4, 2005 9:40 AM
I guess that makes Python a Porsche from the 80s and Lisp a 1964 1/2 Mustang...
Comment from Pat Ekman at February 4, 2005 10:35 AM
And I thought that Java was the SUV of programming languages: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2003/09/20
Comment from Aaron Barlow at February 4, 2005 12:05 PM
When all you have is a 1978 Ford LTD, everything starts to look like roadkill.
Of course, you might as well be comparing cars instead of programming languages. You'll still get just as many opinions, battles of superiority, and snide remarks from German car owners.
The comparison of programming languages has got to be the technophile's way of starting a bar fight, in which, everyone claims victory, and yet, everyone also was beaten unconscious. We might as well just go back to discussing which is better, emacs or vi.
Comment from Cid Dennis at February 8, 2005 2:02 PM
We all know vi is better...... <esc>:wq
:-)
Comment from tundra at February 8, 2005 5:48 PM
And Python is thereby an Aston-Martin ...