What languages should I consider for my monthly programming analysis articles?

[Sane]

Wow, has this ever gone off-topic. And at 4 for 4 currently in the poll, I guess I should just wait until there is a larger sample of votes before considering what language to use.

"And now we play the waiting game."

 

[robphy]

If the topics and examples aren't too hard or too specific, it might be good to see both... by you doing one language and having someone else show the equivalent code in the other language.

...just a thought
...and a bump to get someone to possibly break the tie.

 

[Sane]

If the topics and examples aren't too hard or too specific, it might be good to see both... by you doing one language and having someone else show the equivalent code in the other language.

I did, at one point, consider this. However, I also realized that different programming languages, especially those as contrasting in approach of design as Python and C, will require different approaches to piecing together the code. It would apply constraints on the effectiveness of the programming to force myself to program each piece in two (or more) substantially different programming languages.

 

[CRGreathouse]

First, I think that your idea is a good one, Sane.

Second, I don't see any reason you should limit yourself to a single language: write one article in C++, and the next in something else. (If a particular design works well in two languages you could do them in parallel as robphy suggests.)

 

[Sane]

First, I think that your idea is a good one, Sane.

Second, I don't see any reason you should limit yourself to a single language: write one article in C++, and the next in something else. (If a particular design works well in two languages you could do them in parallel as robphy suggests.)

That seems viable. One thing I wanted to try is have each article build up the foundation for an entire project. If I were to change languages, it would have to be at the end of every topic change. Another goal was to provide a medium to learn the language well, and see what can be done. So, yet again, changing languages would have to be gradually done between every 2 or 3 articles.

I like the idea! I'm considering it, since different programming languages have different advantages for every project. I can see myself switching between PHP, Python, C and maybe even some specifics such as SDL, CherryPy, WinSock, and the Win32API. This way, I'm not limiting what people can expect.

I'm thinking this will start to be planned out in greater detail and structure, before the new year. Then I may start writing, depending on the circumstances, by January or February.