[Info-vax] Userland programming languages on VMS.

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 1/31/22 21:37, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 1/31/2022 8:26 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 1/31/22 19:04, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> On 1/31/2022 3:26 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>> On 1/31/22 14:33, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>>> What about a "jack of all trades" that can do any job?
>>>>
>>>> Like choosing the wrong language for a task a "jack of all trades"
>>>> is famous for doing everything, but none of the tasks well.  It is
>>>> not a compliment to be called one.
>>>
>>> Why do you ass-u-me that just because a language is versatile, that 
>>> it cannot do things well?  Do you have examples?  Any real facts?  Or 
>>> just bullshit?
>>
>> I don't assume it.  At one time, when languages were more domain
>> specific, it was a known factor of program development.
> 
>>                                            One would have hoped
>> that the formalization of "Software Engineering" would have kept
>> the idea in vogue, but, alas, no.
> 
> I see lots of specialization.
> 
> Most languages are only a big language within a few areas. And
> even if a language is used within multiple areas then the
> libraries/frameworks used are often very different).
> 
> OS - C/C++
> containers - Go
> servers (web, app, DB, MQ and Cache) - C/C++ or Java
> client side web - JavaScript
> Windows desktop apps - C# or C++
> Mac desktop apps - Objective-C or Swift
> iPhone and iPads - Swift
> Android phones - Java or Kotlin
> server side web - PHP, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Java or C#
> backend processing - Java, C++, C# or Python
> data analysis - Python, R

Don't confuse use for design intention.  Most of those languages
had no particular purpose when designed and were just general
purpose languages.

bill