Python, Ruby, Java

Python eats Ruby. Ruby drinks Java. Java burns Python.

Sometimes I think programmers don't have very good reasons for picking programming languages. Aren't they all equally bad/good?

And aren't you glad I didn't finish my art major?

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ChiliMac says:

A Python would eat Ruby but never drink Java.
Ruby would drink Java but never eat a Python.
Java would burn a Python and Ruby.

So doesn't Java win? ;P
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Zeusandhera says:

Maybe Ruby is wearing PERLs that protect her?
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

SwYyfT says:

and .Net rules them all.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

rckenned says:

"Aren't they all equally bad/good?" Clearly you're not doing enough C/C++ development.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Alcides Fonseca says:

I don't believe they're all the same. There are the ones on the top row (the good ones) and that other thing below them... (Yeah, I hate Java... I can even bare C# sometimes, but Java? cmon...)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

FlickrJunkie says:

you're so wise, you should have gone for a philosophy major :p
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

randysalas2 says:

Java and C# Rocks ¡¡¡¡
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

nathanyoungman says:

Hah, nice sketch. Where does the Ruby "icon" come from? ^_^

True enough that all languages have good and bad parts, and it is possible to build the same thing with any of them. Yet, it's good to learn languages from other language families, to gain a different perspective and find more elegant solutions.

For my current project (VBA), I really miss the functional features in Ruby and Python, like map/filter/list comprehensions (and higher order functions to make those possible). I found Lua a very good intro to closures, higher order functions, and the like, without leaving the comfortable syntax most programmers are accustomed to. A real diversion would be to learn a functional language like Haskell, OCaml, F#, or Standard ML. Or a stack-based language like Factor.

Ultimately, every serious programmer should be a polyglot.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Steph & Adam says:

Love the image, used it on one of my blog posts: adam.kahtava.com/journal/2009/02/26/working-o n-the-dark-s...

Many thanks.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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