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It's fine to classify programming languages. It's not fine to get confused between a programming language and a way of representing a particular program. For a
by troymc 13y ago
It's fine to classify programming languages. It's not fine to get confused between a programming language and a way of representing a particular program.
For analogy, there's only one true physical Earth, but there are many possible maps (representations) of the same area: one showing the temperature at the surface (using color), one showing wind direction at various points, one showing roads, etc. Which map is correct? Which map is best?
- greatsuccess 13y agoBut a programming languages goal is to make the Earth. Not to represent it.
- dinkumthinkum 13y agoYour analogy doesn't really make sense. What we are doing is saying: "This is an object language, this one is functional, this one is visual." Again, your problem seems to be more one of not wanting us to call any programming language with any adjectives differentiating it from others ...