Rowan Simpson: http://rowansimpson.com/2007/07/04/c-vs-vbnet/
Andrew Peters: http://andrewpeters.net/2007/07/03/73/
Alex James: http://www.base4.net/blog.aspx?ID=515 and http://www.base4.net/blog.aspx?ID=520
Nick Randolph: http://community.softteq.com/blogs/nick/archive/2007/07/03/languages-only-part-of-the-equation.aspx
Alex Henderson: http://blog.bittercoder.com/PermaLink,guid,05fc0109-3215-410e-8009-447c1e74cacb.aspx
Shouldn’t be a debate at all. I have a personal preference in languages which goes in this order C#, Ruby, Javascript, Boo/brail, a bunch of languages i don’t know yet, xml + xslt
Why C# is first on the list is because it comes with visual studio which is IMHO the best IDE out there for the moment.
VB.NET isn’t in the list because I don’t see the point in learning another language that is just as powerful as c# but has got a very ugly way for forming syntax. VB doesn’t feel logical to me.
I don’t program in a language because of aesthetics but how they flow from my brain onto the keyboard and the purpose of what I’m writing the script for. I tend to think in larger picture concepts languages that support that better have a distinct advantage in my book.
my 2c.
The language debate is about one thing – being scared of the dark. Not liking what you can’t see, or what you don’t know.
Every language serves a purpose. Choose the language that serves your purpose best. It may be a different one each time.
"Every language serves a purpose. Choose the language that serves your purpose best. It may be a different one each time." – couldn’t agree more!
"The language debate is about one thing – being scared of the dark. Not liking what you can’t see, or what you don’t know" – interesting take. I agree that I often ignore languages cause I don’t have the bandwidth to grok them but I don’t dish them for that same reason. Think that in this day in age languages should all-but be irrelevant for more development. I do understand that in some scenarios the benefits of dynamic languages will outweigh the benefits of a rich IDE etc but it is again horses-for-courses.
"C#, Ruby, Javascript, Boo/brail, a bunch of languages i don’t know yet, xml + xslt" – love this list! in particular the bit about XML(insert XAML)/XSLT being at the END of the list. I think people that want to work with XAML rather than a designer are just weird.