I thought that this article rasied some good points and could stop/start some flame wars. Maybe it could be referenced when we see the wars on which language is better break out in the future. It has some good points
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/05/12/languagephilosophy.html
Got that off of slashdot.
Not sure if this is the right place ot post but it seemed appropriate.
What's sad is the author didn't even list VB :'(.
What's sad about it? There's nothing good in VB.
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