The greatest of all
Κυριακή, 30 Σεπτέμβριος 2007, 04:56Sometimes I have to spend a couple of minutes arguing with ignorants, who believe they're very skilled programmers.
Last time it was about programming languages. Someone (another too young enthusiastic programmer) was pretty much sure that c++ was the greatest language of all. Well, I doubt that he has written anything appreciable in c++, currently he's just learning it. To prove his point, he dared me to tell him what is better than c++.
I was unable to answer that. Of course, that proved nothing, my inability to point to another language does not mean there isn't anything better. I have studied some languages, probably more than he has. But programming isn't in my every day activities, I just acknowledge that I'm not the right man to answer that. I've also studied c++ and I found it a powerful but ugly language, with many inconsistencies in the way its syntax was designed. I also know that languages like c# and java were created as clean oo alternatives to c++, or as the way c++ should be in the first place. But are they better? Are they more or equally powerful?
What criteria should be used in this case study? Does anyone have an opinion on what is better than c++?