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I believe having thousands of computer languages is a huge detriment to innovation in the whole computer industry, just like I believe having 1000+ different variants of linux is to the linux os. I mean it causes programmers to waste time learning a new language that does basically the same thing and the wheel gets reinvented over and over again...
John
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Yeah, right ...and while we're at it, how about elimination of all those different types of cars, wines, clothes...
In my 30-year career as a programmer, I have written production code in over a dozen assembly languages, and over 20 high-level languages. Often using two or more on a single project. That's because different languages have different tradeoffs, so that the "best" language depends on several factors -- like 1) what's available for the platform, and 2) what kind of problem is being solved. And sometimes 3) whether you can find programmers that know it (that's what's currently killing Forth and Delphi).
"Should we move to a single programming language?" Get real. This can't even be a serious question. Although one of the things I tell all of my students is that there is no such thing as a stupid question, I might consider this one an exception.
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