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I am a computer science student. One of my pastimes is playing with programming languages. I strongly believe that every programming paradigm has its place and I strive to discover what they are. Although, I think that some implementations were botched: Java, C++, Python, Perl, and PHP are a few. Even though they are widely used, I think that, when analyzed as <em>languages</em> (ignoring practical considerations, such as libraries, and how widely they are used), they are poor realisations of theoretical linguistic concepts. |
I am a computer science student. One of my pastimes is playing with programming languages. I strongly believe that every programming paradigm has its place and I strive to discover what they are. Although, I think that some implementations were botched: Java, C++, Python, Perl, and PHP are a few. Even though they are widely used, I think that, when analyzed objectively as <em>languages</em> (ignoring practical considerations, such as libraries, and how widely they are used), they are poor realisations of theoretical linguistic concepts. |
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Latest revision as of 21:36, 31 May 2010
I am a computer science student. One of my pastimes is playing with programming languages. I strongly believe that every programming paradigm has its place and I strive to discover what they are. Although, I think that some implementations were botched: Java, C++, Python, Perl, and PHP are a few. Even though they are widely used, I think that, when analyzed objectively as languages (ignoring practical considerations, such as libraries, and how widely they are used), they are poor realisations of theoretical linguistic concepts.
| My Favorite Languages | |
| Language | Proficiency |
| AWK | novice |
| Bash | intermediate/advanced |
| C | novice/intermediate |
| Common Lisp | novice |
| Emacs Lisp | novice/intermediate |
| Forth | total noob |
| Haskell | beginner (can't figure out monads) |
| Ruby | intermediate/advanced |
| Scheme | novice |
| Smalltalk | intermediate |