[insert name] Language sucks
2008 July 23
So it isn’t just me then. There are many people out there who have their own favorite hatred of [insert name] programming, scripting or query language for various reasons.
Here’s a small list courtesy of Google CodeSearch :
- asm / Assembly
- Awk
- C
- C++
- C#
- Fortran
- Java
- JavaScript
- Lisp
- Pascal
- Perl
- PHP
- Python
- Ruby
- Sed
- SQL
- VB
- VB.Net
- XML
- XSL(T)
Of course some of the problems mentioned could have been alleviated by using programming best practices from the onset of the project. A lot of the frustration I see is a result of trying to force and wrangle the language to make it do something in a way that could have been accomplished with a different method.
Why fight it when you can maneuver it instead?
The only real bone I have to pick with a language is that satanic abomination known as Matlab. Perl and I are on shaky terms, but we tend to respect each other’s personal space. JavaScript and I have a few squabbles every now and then, and very rarely C smacks me upside the head as yet another reminder that it is not, in fact, Java.
HAHAHA!
Looks like you’re not alone
Very nice.