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On Thu, 30 May 2024 05:55:26 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:


> Java -- long-winded, and yet curiously lacking in some elementary
> functionality (e.g. unsigned ints, typedefs).

My initial project when I was learning Java was ill-advised. I was working 
with the Atmel AVR family and decided to do a simple assembler/simulator. 
Bit twiddling isn't Java's forte. 

> Python -- remarkably small language core, yet great extensibility from
> the well-chosen features in that core.

While I've used Python for small projects for years I've only really dug 
into in the last year or so. I'm impressed. I'm enough of a nerd to really 
appreciate the stack machine that runs the byte code, but then I do have 
Forth in my background. 

Some of my education like when a typo inadvertently turned a list 
comprehension into a generator. Interesting critters. 

> C++ -- very powerful, but way too complex in order to keep things
> “efficient”.

I haven't kept up with it but there were a lot of pitfalls in its early 
days. Stroustrup said something like 'C++ tries to prevent you from 
shooting yourself in the foot but if you do you blow your whole leg off.' 

> PHP -- just sad.

It was okay for what it originally was meant for -- Personal Home Pages. 
Some things take on a life of their own like the Beginners' All-purpose 
Symbolic Instruction Code.