If programming languages were religions

[iago]

http://www.aegisub.net/2008/12/if-programming-languages-were-religions.html

Good stuff.

I'd say that C# should be Scientology, though -- Sounds like a good idea, but when you look deeper it's invented as a way to make money is fundamentally insane.

[Newby]

Visual Basic would be Satanism - Except that you don't REALLY need to sell your soul to be a Satanist...

lol, win.

[Blaze]

What, no Brainfuck? 

[MyndFyre]

I'd say that C# should be Scientology, though -- Sounds like a good idea, but when you look deeper it's invented as a way to make money is fundamentally insane.

I'm not sure I understand; should programming languages be invented purely as an academic exercise?

[iago]

I'd say that C# should be Scientology, though -- Sounds like a good idea, but when you look deeper it's invented as a way to make money is fundamentally insane.

I'm not sure I understand; should programming languages be invented purely as an academic exercise?

Shh, I'm making fun.

But really, there's a difference between doing something to help people compared to doing something to sell and make money. You're presenting a false dilemma by implying that if you aren't writing something for profit it's "purely an academic exercise".

<edit> And incidentally, I wasn't presenting it as wrong in the post, I was presenting it as fundamentally the same mentality as Scientology. (the part about being insane has nothing to do with making money, that's just me making fun of the language )

[Camel]

I'm not sure I understand; should programming languages be invented purely as an academic exercise?

Designing a programming language is an excellent topic for academics!