On 7/23/07, Andrew Coppin <andrewcoppin@btinternet.com> wrote:
From the guy who brought you "data in Haskell is like an undead quantum
cat", I present the following:
"If programming languages were like vehicles, C would be a Ferrari, C++
would be a Porshe, Java would be a BWM and Haskell would be a hovercraft.
It doesn't even have WHEELS! There is no steering wheel, no gearbox, no
clutch... it doesn't even have BRAKES!!!
It completely turns the rules upside down. I mean, it moves by PUSHING
AIR. That's just crazy! It even STEERS by pushing air. It sounds so
absurd, it couldn't possibly work...
...oh, but it DOES work. Very well, actually. In fact, a hovercraft can
do some things that the others can't. It works on water. It can go
sideways. It can REALLY turn on the spot."
Insert whitty replies here...
nice. =) Except C wouldn't be a Ferarri, it would be just the chassis of a Ferrari with a metal seat bolted on.
-Brent