How not to make fun of a programming language

Posts: 340 · Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:12 am

If you have seen some previous topics, you will know that I really don't like Coldfusion. Although I think that Rails is far superior to Coldfusion, I would like to highlight how NOT to make fun of a programming language. Often, Programming language arguments become catfights with no arguments behind them. Here is an amusing example:

http://www.railsenvy.com/2007/10/3/ruby-on-rails-vs-coldfusion

Posts: 93 · Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:16 pm

I was at a "party" a few months ago where there happened to be more nerds than normals and we all took turns belittling each others favorite languages ... it was kinda weird to be honest.

Funny video Smile

Posts: 340 · Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:06 am

Nathan,
I can definitely imagine that..... I have never personally gotten into a nerdy argument (I have gotten into more abstract arguments) on programming languages, but I definitely know what it's like to get into a nerdy argument... for example... arguing about the properties of Germanium. Nerdy arguments sometimes go too far, as shown in this video. I would have never called CF "emo".

Posts: 764 · Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:18 am

Anyone that doesn't use FORTRAN is LAME. Wink

Posts: 83 · Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:18 pm

FORTRAN is LAME?? I thought COBOL is LAME. e.g. Y2K

Posts: 340 · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:56 am

Shaji and Jamie,
I think you're discussion is a little too old for me... But when I first looked at COBOL I thought it looked like Applescript. But that's another story. You both are probably much older than me.

Posts: 126 · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:57 pm

(the best (programming (language (of all time) is ) LISP))

Posts: 764 · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:02 pm

I'm locking this thread due to the LISP joke. Very Happy

Posts: 340 · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:43 pm

I'm locking this thread due to the LISP joke. Very Happy

I can see programming languages are a sensitive topic. Thread relocked.

Posts: 126 · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:40 pm

READY
10 Click UNLOCK
20 Print "You cannot stop me!"
30 Laugh at Jamie
40 GOTO 30

Posts: 340 · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:10 pm

READY
10 Click UNLOCK
20 Print "You cannot stop me!"
30 Laugh at Jamie
40 GOTO 30

Alan, are those numbers line numbers? Because if so, that language must be quite fun. Is that LISP or COBOL?

I'm going to make sure this topic does not get relocked (no hacking involved) Very Happy

Posts: 126 · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:56 pm

It's BASIC Very Happy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC_programming_language

(sorry for the delay, I just got back to work from my trip to Vegas!)

Posts: 5 · Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:09 pm

Nice find on wiki. That site has everything.

Posts: 27 · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:35 pm

Not to get ON topic but... Rails is a framework, not a language. Those videos compare apples to oranges for the most part. Clever? yes. Honest? not really.

Posts: 764 · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:10 pm

From a sales/support perspective, I've been hearing about Rails being "the next big thing" for some time now, but the requests haven't really been flowing in for it. I only know of a few dedicated servers we have running rails - in comparison we have MANY running CF, .NET, php, et al.