#languages

a side-by-side reference sheet

While many of you will probably disagree with me, I find the trend towards writing in languages that compile to JavaScript somewhat alarming. The most notable of these languages CoffeeScript, and it's one that has gained a good degree of traction over the last year or so.

"I would modify Graham’s claim by saying that recognizable and predictable brevity is an indicator of programming-language power."

"An open-source project surprised industry insiders today by announcing an implementation of the Java programming language on the JVM. The language, dubbed jJava, reflects the current trend for using the JVM as a systems platform for various languages."

"Clue is an ANSI C compiler (C89, some C99) that targets high-level languages such as Lua, Javascript or Perl (and some low-level ones). It supports the entire C language, including pointer arithmetic, and can be used to run arbitrary pure-C programs."

"I hope you're convinced, by now, that programming languages with first-class functions let you find more opportunities for abstraction, which means your code is smaller, tighter, more reusable, and more scalable."

"Each Race speaks an individual language. The correlation is as follows"

"FogBugz is written in Wasabi, a very advanced, functional-programming dialect of Basic with closures and lambdas and Rails-like active records that can be compiled down to VBScript, JavaScript, PHP4 or PHP5."