What is the most important thing for people in the world?
There are many answers for this question. Some would say it is love, some would say it is health and even some would say it is money...
But for many people the most important thing in the world is the freedom to express themselves. One basic foundation of this concept is communication and especially (the use of) languages. That is why approximately 6912 languages exist in the world.
The article states that in the year 2006 there even existed more than 8000 programming languages, raising by the number of one each day. The special thing is that there is a huge variety of languages, which can be used for specific tasks. For example, there are more than four different languages just to create a new web page.
Like me, people often refuse to change things they are used to and which they like. But our world is moving fast and things are changing even faster from day to day. Having this in mind, languages must do the same thing.
Personally, I would love to see the "one and only" programming language, but in my opinion this will and even should not happen. For sure, we need a common ground, but we also need diversity and variety. Just because of this variety, often diverse and unique, solutions were created. As of the increasing complexity of our world and applications there always will be a need for improving and the creation of new solutions. I like to look at this improvement concept as a circle of improvement.
In the end, in my opinion everyone should expand their horizons, but at the same time use the language which he knows best.
References:
Hayes, B. (2006). Computing Science: The Semicolon Wars. American Scientist, 94(4), 299-303. Retrieved from: webcem01.cem.itesm.mx:8005/s201713/tc2006/semicolon_wars.pdf
There are many answers for this question. Some would say it is love, some would say it is health and even some would say it is money...
But for many people the most important thing in the world is the freedom to express themselves. One basic foundation of this concept is communication and especially (the use of) languages. That is why approximately 6912 languages exist in the world.
The article states that in the year 2006 there even existed more than 8000 programming languages, raising by the number of one each day. The special thing is that there is a huge variety of languages, which can be used for specific tasks. For example, there are more than four different languages just to create a new web page.
Like me, people often refuse to change things they are used to and which they like. But our world is moving fast and things are changing even faster from day to day. Having this in mind, languages must do the same thing.
Personally, I would love to see the "one and only" programming language, but in my opinion this will and even should not happen. For sure, we need a common ground, but we also need diversity and variety. Just because of this variety, often diverse and unique, solutions were created. As of the increasing complexity of our world and applications there always will be a need for improving and the creation of new solutions. I like to look at this improvement concept as a circle of improvement.
In the end, in my opinion everyone should expand their horizons, but at the same time use the language which he knows best.
References:
Hayes, B. (2006). Computing Science: The Semicolon Wars. American Scientist, 94(4), 299-303. Retrieved from: webcem01.cem.itesm.mx:8005/s201713/tc2006/semicolon_wars.pdf
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