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- Subject: Programming language evaluation criteria
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- From: jhowatt@eeyore.stcloud.msus.edu (Jim Howatt)
- Date: 12 Dec 92 09:18:18 -0600
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- I'm teaching a comparative programming languages class next quarter using
- Sebesta's second edition as the primary text. In the first chapter he lists
- several language selection/evaluation criteria; but the list "feels"
- uncomfortably incomplete and subjective. In view of the flame wars that we
- often see among proponents of different languages, I'd like to present my
- students with a set of reasonably objective criteria for selecting a
- language for a given task.
-
- I've already been thru a half-dozen programming language texts and many
- articles, but think that there must be more criteria to consider, especially
- from practitioners who've had to evaluate and select languages for real
- projects.
-
- I'd appreciate any insight and pointers to insight that you may have.
-
- Thanks in advance for your help. As always, if there's sufficient interest,
- I'll be more than happy to post a summary of responses.
-
- Dr. James W. (Jim) Howatt
- Department of Computer Science
- 139 Engineering and Computing Center
- St. Cloud State University
- St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
- email: jhowatt@eeyore.StCloud.MSUS.edu
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