The Semicolon Wars- Entry

The Semicolon Wars-.

It's so wise to compare human languages with programming languages because of the similarities, as with the languages there is not a superior or better programming language there are just different ways of reaching an objective and as the Author says "linguistic diversity is a cultural resource to be nurturedand and preserved, much like biodiversity". It's totally okay to have so many languages.

There are 3 main paradigms in programming: The imperative which practically is direct like "do this, do that, etc"., functional language which is more like manipulating a mathematic expression, and of course the object oriented which bind together imperative commands forming objects with certain level of abstraction. Also it it's mention the difference between low level languages and high level, giving us more context about the variety of programming languages and why it's so essential.

But which language should be your favorite?, Does this depends on the area of your profession?, for example: cobol was first made for bussiness, Fortran for Scientist Computing. You should first know the strong aspects of a programming language, but there is more.

So, is there a programming language  that could be consider the best?, for that i would like to ask, is there a human languge that could be consider the best? Hard question? This is not a competition it's more like a personal decision, you choose the language in where you are more experienced or simply the one you like it because you feel safe using it. Anyway that doesn't exclude you from using other languages, it's so useful to have several languages.

The article made me reaffirm some thoughts about the diversity of programming languages, and of course that semicolon war about the best programming language which every IT student has experienced at least once.