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From: gks@doc.ic.ac.uk (Gary K Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Languages
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Date: 12 Feb 91 14:21:49 GMT
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Well, I thought I'd add my bit to this discussion. In my opinion, there is
no 'best' language. Each person prefers to use a different language for
different reasons. In general, appart from a few very specific things,
all the languages do exactly the same, ie create a way write your own
applications without an assembler.

Personally, I use C most of the time, because it can be compiled, and is
therefore a more suitable language for professional development than BASIC.

I also use BASIC, but this is mainly to create Data files and other things,
where it's not worth the bother of getting a program compiled and written.
Another disadvantage is that it is slower, and you only find the syntax errors
when you get to them at Runtime.

As for Pascal, I never use it, but this is only because I have to use Modula 2
here at university for my coursework, and I don't find as good as c, and I am
told that Pascal is similar.

Anyway, as I said above, the 'best' language depends upon the users preference,
and it is silly to keep on highlighting the 'good' points of each language.



				Gary.
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