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The Problem Of Developing

Posted by Hemos on from the how-to-develop-code dept.

A reader writes "ZDNet News is running an editorial about the choice of programming languages for developers today. The author suggests that developers have been left with little choice because all of the current programming languages are essentially the same."

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  1. What universe does he live in? by SIGFPE · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    I've been programming for years. So have the people around me. Most have never written a line of Java (I've written about 20 and one of my colleagues has written a Java VM - that's about it.). Certainly none have written a line of C# or VB.NET. If I ask anyone here what .NET is they give me blank stares.


    What language is the Java VM written in? What about the C# compiler? What about the network drivers that .NET require (does it require network drivers? I'm not sure what it is.)? What about the languages used to write the OS these things run on? What about the 2D drivers that display the GUIs they undoubtedly use. What about the file systems they use?


    Maybe weenies will be using Visual JavaBaby#.NET in years to come but the people who write the 90% of the iceberg journalists don't see will be using real programming languages.

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    -- SIGFPE