Comments on: Programming Languages for the New Year http://rdn-consulting.com/blog/2008/12/26/programming-languages-for-the-new-year/ Software Development and Biomedical Engineering Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:44:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan Farina http://rdn-consulting.com/blog/2008/12/26/programming-languages-for-the-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 Dan Farina Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:28:59 +0000 http://rdn-consulting.com/blog/?p=229#comment-1280 Consider Python. You can 'get things done' (thanks to great documentation and libraries) and write in a functional style if you feel so inclined (I wouldn't call it a functional language, but it's not incomparable to Squeak or Clojure on your list, both which allow easy state modification). I do this all the time in Python, generally eschewing stateful objects for what would be more accurately described as composite values. I see that you don't have it on your list of categories already, so that'd be a good place to go, even if it is more 'mainstream.' Consider Python. You can ‘get things done’ (thanks to great documentation and libraries) and write in a functional style if you feel so inclined (I wouldn’t call it a functional language, but it’s not incomparable to Squeak or Clojure on your list, both which allow easy state modification).

I do this all the time in Python, generally eschewing stateful objects for what would be more accurately described as composite values.

I see that you don’t have it on your list of categories already, so that’d be a good place to go, even if it is more ‘mainstream.’

]]> By: Tim Gee http://rdn-consulting.com/blog/2008/12/26/programming-languages-for-the-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1223 Tim Gee Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:50:17 +0000 http://rdn-consulting.com/blog/?p=229#comment-1223 I've got client developing server apps using ERLANG. Their core capability is messaging so the built in resources of ERLANG fit the bill nicely. I’ve got client developing server apps using ERLANG. Their core capability is messaging so the built in resources of ERLANG fit the bill nicely.

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