Programming Languages Analogy

[PIEBALDconsult]

Nah, I disagree with all those. VB.net and C# are nearly the same as each other. I could go with both as automatic transmission, but C# also has a sequential mode to allow better control when you need it. C++ could be more like driving a big-rig. The thing is that VB/VB.net has a lot more bells and whistles built in but with fewer actually useful features.

[codejet]

C++ could be more like driving a big-rig - Agree The thing is that VB/VB.net has a lot more bells and whistles built in but with fewer actually useful features. - Not so sure

[Amarnath S]

codejet wrote:

C++ - Walking

In terms of performance, isn't C++ the equivalent of sprinting / galloping, compared to the other two?

[codejet]

Execution wise it's definitely sprinting or galloping but in terms of the actual coding it's more like crawling.

[kalberts]

Lisp - You are in a maze of twisting little passages, all alike (or was that "little twisting passages"?)

[Gary R Wheeler]

I disagree: VB.NET - Getting an Uber ride C# - Automatic transmission (probably continously variable aka CVT) C++ - Automatic transmission, but you've got the paddles to manually shift up and down C - 5-speed stick Assembly language - Walking

Software Zen: delete this;

[PIEBALDconsult]

Assembly language - Kit car :D

[Jon McKee]

Javascript - a clown car with octagonal tires where the GPS is a rear view mirror air freshener that just says "turn right."

[RaviBee]

Member 7989122 wrote:

or was that "little twisting passages"?

I don't know.  Go find out! :-D /ravi

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[RaviBee]

I don't think anyone can argue with that! :) /ravi

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[phil o]

Python - A scooter (the one on which the driver stands)

"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke! Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."

[Peter_in_2780]

PHP - the "short bus"

Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012

[CodeWraith]

A kit car that may look old and beaten up, and then turns out to be an alien transforming robot.

I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

[RickZeeland]

Pascal - A collectors car :-\

[OriginalGriff]

COBOL: Pony and trap.
FORTRAN: Coach and four.

VB: Engine from a big rig, sawn in half and on the roof;
Chassis stolen from a Ford Fiesta;
1 wheel & tire from a Fiesta, one from a Ferrari, one from tractor, and the last one waiting for Phase Two development (Currently in Phase 6).
Doors, windows, hood, trunk, exhaust: removed for performance.
All held together with spit, baling wire, and huge amounts of still wet concrete.

Not because of the language (though that's revolting enough: On Error Resume Next ensures that) but the users who think they are developers ...

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[kmoorevs]

codejet wrote:

VB.NET - Driving automatic Transmission Vehicle C# -Driving manual transmission Vehicle

I can kind of see how this works if you consider line breaks... That said, I now prefer automatics...one less thing to worry about. :)

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