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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
C and C++ is a good start.
These are full fledged languages used today.
Scripting languages are limited towards web design are not fully fledged languages.
Assembly might seem like a good fully fledged language yet in truth it's mostly for low level stuff, also some optimized routines could use it. Yet it's more for tweeking performance in conjunction with C or C++.
I did the later once only on certain devices like with certain video cards.
These are full fledged languages used today.
Scripting languages are limited towards web design are not fully fledged languages.
Assembly might seem like a good fully fledged language yet in truth it's mostly for low level stuff, also some optimized routines could use it. Yet it's more for tweeking performance in conjunction with C or C++.
I did the later once only on certain devices like with certain video cards.
darkknightt · M
@DeWayfarer i am familiar wth C and C++
aren't Java and Python much better?
aren't Java and Python much better?
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@darkknightt if you are into web development yes. But they are not real computer languages. You asked for programming languages.
You can write a web browser with C and C++. You can't with java or python.
You can write a web browser with C and C++. You can't with java or python.
helenS · 36-40, F
@DeWayfarer But why would you want to write a web browser???
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@helenS just a totally web applicable example. It just as well could have been a data base program or even a separate interpretive language like Python itself.
Python is not compilable! JavaScript is not compilable. They are like basic. Interpretive languages.
Now the language Java is a different story. That is compilable! It's not a scripting language that requires a interpreter, like JavaScript!
The difference between low level language and a high level language is whether it's compilable or not.
You want speed? Do it in a compiled language at least.
Thing about Java language is the darn massive libraries included in the compilation. Waste of space. It's worse than Pascal ever was.
I actually wrote a TSR in Pascal! Not possible in Java. Nor are device drivers possible in Java.
All of that is possible with C, C++ or even Assembly and Pascal.
Side note: just looked this up now and was totally surprised that Pascal is still around on all platforms! By the name of Free Pascal. And 64 bit at that! 🤣
Python is not compilable! JavaScript is not compilable. They are like basic. Interpretive languages.
Now the language Java is a different story. That is compilable! It's not a scripting language that requires a interpreter, like JavaScript!
The difference between low level language and a high level language is whether it's compilable or not.
You want speed? Do it in a compiled language at least.
Thing about Java language is the darn massive libraries included in the compilation. Waste of space. It's worse than Pascal ever was.
I actually wrote a TSR in Pascal! Not possible in Java. Nor are device drivers possible in Java.
All of that is possible with C, C++ or even Assembly and Pascal.
Side note: just looked this up now and was totally surprised that Pascal is still around on all platforms! By the name of Free Pascal. And 64 bit at that! 🤣