每一门语言都是上辈子折翼的天使

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来源What Languages Fix
译者legendsland

Kevin Kelleher suggested an interesting way to compare programming languages: to describe each in terms of the problem it fixes. The surprising thing is how many, and how well, languages can be described this way.

Kevin Kelleher 提供了一种很有意思的比较语言的方法：用解决了的问题来描述该语言。令人惊讶的是，竟然有如此多的语言都可以这样很漂亮的表述。

Algol: Assembly language is too low-level.

Algol: 汇编太底层。

Pascal: Algol doesn't have enough data types.

Pascal: Algol 的数据类型太少。

Modula: Pascal is too wimpy for systems programming.

Modula: Pascal 系统编程太弱。

Simula: Algol isn't good enough at simulations.

Simula: Algol 不太适合仿真应用。

Smalltalk: Not everything in Simula is an object.

Smalltalk: Simula 中不是所有东西都是对象。

Fortran: Assembly language is too low-level.

Fortran: 汇编太底层。

Cobol: Fortran is scary.

Cobol: Fortran 太恐怖。

PL/1: Fortran doesn't have enough data types.

PL/1: Fortran 的数据类型太少。

Ada: Every existing language is missing something.

Ada: 市面上的每种语言都少了点什么。

Basic: Fortran is scary.

Basic: Fortran 太恐怖。

APL: Fortran isn't good enough at manipulating arrays.

APL: Fortran 处理数组太弱。

J: APL requires its own character set.

J: APL 需要它自己的字符集。

C: Assemby language is too low-level.

C: 汇编太底层。

C++: C is too low-level.

C++: C太底层。

Java: C++ is a kludge. And Microsoft is going to crush us.

Java: C++太混搭，并且将吃掉我们(Sun)。

C#: Java is controlled by Sun.

C#: Java 是Sun的。

Lisp: Turing Machines are an awkward way to describe computation.

Lisp: 用图灵机描述计算过程太笨拙。

Scheme: MacLisp is a kludge.

Scheme: MacLisp太混搭。

T: Scheme has no libraries.

T: Scheme 没有库。

Common Lisp: There are too many dialects of Lisp.

Common Lisp: Lisp有太多的方言了。

Dylan: Scheme has no libraries, and Lisp syntax is scary.

Dylan: Scheme没有库，并且Lisp语法太恐怖。

Perl: Shell scripts/awk/sed are not enough like programming languages.

Perl: Shell, awk, sed 作为编程语言太弱。

Python: Perl is a kludge.

Python: Perl太恐怖。

Ruby: Perl is a kludge, and Lisp syntax is scary.

Ruby: Perl太恐怖，Lisp语法太恐怖。

Prolog: Programming is not enough like logic.

Prolog: 编程不够逻辑。

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