Abstract :
Often heated, debates regarding different programming languages´ effectiveness remain inconclusive because of scarce data and a lack of direct comparisons. The author addresses that challenge, comparatively analyzing 80 implementations of the phone-code program in seven different languages (C, C++, Java, Perl, Python, Rexx and Tcl). Further, for each language, the author analyzes several separate implementations by different programmers. The comparison investigates several aspects of each language, including program length, programming effort, runtime efficiency, memory consumption, and reliability. The author uses comparisons to present insight into program language performance
Keywords :
C language; C++ language; Java; Perl; authoring languages; programming; C language; C++; Java; Perl; Python; Rexx; Tcl; memory consumption; phone-code program; program language performance; program length; programming language comparison; runtime efficiency; software reliability; Computer languages; Java; Production; Program processors; Programming profession; Read-write memory; Runtime; Statistics; Sun; Workstations;
