-
Notifications
You must be signed in to change notification settings - Fork 0
/
2015-06-27-progr_languages.tex
81 lines (54 loc) · 2.86 KB
/
2015-06-27-progr_languages.tex
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
\DiaryEntry{Programming Languages}{2015-06-27}{Programming}
\subsection{Tasks}\label{tasks}
\begin{enumerate}
\def\labelenumi{\arabic{enumi}.}
\item
Numerical stuff (lin. alg., (statistical)signal progessing,
plotting\ldots{})
\item
Scripting language for simple, day-to-day stuff
\item
Gui development; i.e.~Qucs complexity level
\item
something non-standard, supporting advanced concepts; e.g.~functional
programming, macros, actors\ldots{}
\item
something for web applications(?)
\end{enumerate}
\subsection{Languages}\label{languages}
\subsubsection{Julia}\label{julia}
Advantages: Modern, performant. Vector / matrix / ... support ootb. A language for scientific computing. Quite vibrant ecosystem but not as complete as Python; maybe use PyCall.
\subsubsection{Python}\label{python}
Nice for everyday scripting, but numerical stuff (numpy) is awkward; e.g.
\begin{verbatim}
self.current_x_hat = dot(A, x_hat)
self.current_Sigma = dot(A, dot(Sigma, A.T)) + Q
\end{verbatim}
Vectors are supported, but matrices are not really integrated into the language. A general purpose language with support for scientific computing (see Julia). Julia offers with PyCall a nice way to tap into the Python scientific ecosystem.
\subsubsection{C\# / Mono + Winforms}\label{c-mono-winforms}
The ``classical'' way to go; cross-platform, lots of documentation available (Windows World), sufficiently ``modern'' (more than Java).
\subsubsection{Scheme / Racket}\label{scheme-racket}
Seems to be sufficiently close to ``classical LISP books'' (SICP, The little Schemer\ldots{}) to use it; nice IDE and nice library ecosystem.
\subsubsection{Ruby}\label{ruby}
Perfect for the few web apps I do (e.g.~in contrast to Django). In addition, maybe it can replace Python as everyday scripting language. Need to check ecosystem and compare with Python (main competitor). Nicer/cleaner syntax/structure than Python in any case; e.g.
Python:
\begin{verbatim}
x = [1,4,3,6]
len(x)
but: x.sort() is a method which does in-place modification!
\end{verbatim}
Ruby
\begin{verbatim}
x = [1,4,3,6]
x.size
x.sort returns a sorted list; no in-place modification!
x.sort! sorts in-place
\end{verbatim}
\subsubsection{C++ / Qt}\label{c-qt}
Qt is a quite complete framework; so C++ with Qt is not ``really'' C++. Nevertheless, too cumbersome and replaced by C\# / Mono with WinForms.
\subsubsection{Java / Swing}\label{java-swing}
Java is enterprise, but Swing is a bit older than C\# Mono + WinForms is more modern.
\subsubsection{Scala}\label{scala}
Coming up as something new. Uses the JVM large ecosystem. Sufficiently modern / functional / cool. Not overly hyped and not so weird as e.g.~Haskell.
\subsubsection{Rust}\label{rust}
Nope - I don't think it introduces new concepts, but tries to be a better (safer) C/C++. However, for all microcontroller/low-level system stuff, there is C. No need for another Baustelle.