Programming
Languages
What ?
- Formal language
- Computer instructions
- Bridge between human and machine
General purpose languages
- DSLs (SQL, PostScript)
- Markup languages (html)
- Esoteric languages (brainfuck)
Flame wars
Polyglot IS better
- Strengths and limitations
- Different paradigms
- Bridges exist
- Idoms matter
Here at Pretto
SO 2019 Leaderboard
4 dimensions
- Performance
- Expressiveness
- Safety
- Ecosystem
Performance
- Raw speed
- Memory control
- Compiled / VM / interpreted
- Concurrency
Performance
Expressiveness
- Conciseness
- Readability
- Abstraction level
- Metaprogramming
Expressiveness
Safety
- Linter and compiler
- Type system
- Maturity
- Language predictability
Safety
Ecosystem
- Frameworks and libraries
- Compilation / runtime targets
- Community
- Tooling and support
Ecosystem
Thank you !
Languages
By David Ruyer
