E se as linguagens de programação fossem carros..?

Enquanto andava a pesquisar na net, encontrei este artigo na página de um aluno da “Computer Science at Caltech” onde compara algumas linguagens de programação a carros. Pode parecer estúpido mas é certo que nos dá uma ideia geral das linguagens. Não traduzi este artigo porque achei que iria perder toda a sua originalidade e piada. Desfrutem..

Ada is a tank. A butt-ugly tank that never breaks down. People laugh uncontrollably if you tell them you drive Ada, but really, do you want to be driving a sports car in a war zone?

Assembly Language is a bare engine; you have to build the car yourself and manually supply it with gas while it’s running, but if you’re careful it can go like a bat out of hell.

Assembly Language: you are the car.

Basic is a simple car useful for short drives to the local shops. Once popular with learner drivers, it has recently been stripped down to a shell and rebuilt by a major manufacturer, The new version has been refurbished for longer journeys, leaving only cosmetic similarities to the original model.

C is a racing car that goes incredibly fast but breaks down every fifty miles.

Cobol is reputed to be a car, but no self-respecting driver will ever admit having driven one.

C# is a competing model of family station wagons. Once you use this, you’re never allowed to use the competitors’ products again.

C++ is a souped-up version of the C racing car with dozens of extra features that only breaks down every 250 miles, but when it does, nobody can figure out what went wrong.

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