Comments on: If languages were sports…

By: Sam Newman

Sam Newman — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:36:06 +0000

Ah – but you can’t make a good grand prix game using only black and white counters…

By: tom

tom — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:27:37 +0000

Assembler is Go. You know, ancient, fundamental, simple set of instructions that are fiendishly difficult to master.

By: Sam Newman

Sam Newman — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:02:46 +0000

Yeah, but I’ve not met an annoying snowboarder ;-P

By: tom

tom — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:32:13 +0000

To be honest, I think you’re wrong on Ruby. I think it might be snowboarding – slightly cool, best done in small groups or on your own, has an “extreme” side to it that doesn’t necessarily represent the totality of the sport, still room for the giant foom fingers. Maybe?

By: tom

tom — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:55:05 +0000

Well, now you mention it…

By: Nat

Nat — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:55:18 +0000

If PHP is rounders, does that mean that Smalltalk, being baseball, is PHP for fat blokes in pyjamas?

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:16:01 +0000

So that leaves C++ which has too be snooker.

Far too difficult for your average player and painful to look at unless you’re witnessing a real pro.

By: Nat

Nat — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:32:49 +0000

Visual Basic 6 is Monster Truck Racing. It looks like a programming language, but really it’s a heavily marketed, lowest-common-denominator crowd pleaser.

Visual Basic .NET is NASCAR racing. It’s marketed at the same crowd as Monster Truck Racing, but at least it’s a real sport.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:27:47 +0000

PHP is rounders, because even though you think it’s a kid’s game, it’s still not a bad game as long as you don’t take it super-seriously.

Javascript is Calvinball.

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:25:09 +0000

And let’s not forget about PHP and Javascript!

PHP – mabye handball? One of those things you dabbled in as a kid and then grew up…

Javascript, well too many things come to mind.