[Info-vax] Most popular application programming languages on VMS ?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/10/2019 2:28 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 1/10/2019 2:01 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> I wonder if it's because Python comes across as being way easier for
>> non-professional programmers to learn when compared to Perl.
>>
>> In terms of syntax difficulty, I would say Python was more like an
>> OO based Basic while Perl was more like a C++ language and the Python
>> style probably appeals more to the non-professional programmers using
>> some of these applications.
> 
> Are you implying that a C++ type of language would appeal more to 
> professional programmers?  Or that professional programmers would not 
> like an OO based Basic language?
> 
> Just curious ....

There has to be some skewness related to developer abilities and
language complexity:

                         good developers   not so good developers

difficult languages     possible          not possible
Ada, C++, Scala etc.                      (they can't get it working)

easy languages          possible          possible
Basic, PHP, Python etc.

Arne