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1% the Code - Compares colorForth and C: Chuck Moore

99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall - Shows source code implementation for the same simple program across over 250 different programming languages.

A Comparative Overview of C - Also compares C

A Detailed Comparison of CORBA - DCOM and Java/RMI

ACM "Hello - World" Project

ActiveX Controls vs. JavaBeans - Compares ActiveX controls against JavaBeans

Ada - C

Ada versus Modula-3 - Compares similarities and differences

Ada95 - Java

Advanced Programming Language Design - Book compares over 70 languages

An Empirical Comparison of C - C++

Are scripting languages the wave of the future? - Programming guru

Beyond Java? - Compares Java and Dylan

C - From a Java Developer's Perspective

C++??: A Critique of C++ (3rd ed.) - A critical view on the C++ and C programming language.

CLOS - Eiffel

COM versus CORBA: A Decision Framework - The discussion is organized as the following sections: approach

Comparing Development Costs of C and Ada - Article by Stephen F. Zeigler. Analysis of a case where most variables were controlled enough to make a comparison between development costs (time

Comparing Microsoft Transaction Server to Enterprise JavaBeans - Provides a comparison between MTS and Enterprise JavaBeans. The two models are compared in terms of transactions support

Comparison of Oberon-2 with Modula-2 - Short text summary of main features of Oberon-2; target audience: Modula-2 programmers unfamiliar with Oberon-2

Comparisons of Tcl with Other Systems - Many comparisons between Tcl/Tk and other similar systems

Contrast Ruby and Other Languages - Ruby vs Perl

CORBA no match for Microsoft's DCOM - Ovum report says

D vs Other Languages - Yes-No table with definitions compares D

DCOM and CORBA Side by Side - Step By Step

Developer's Dilemma: Perl or PHP? - By Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier. How to choose between two languages that are both very popular for Web development? Text

Dylan Competitive Analysis - Compares Dylan

Examples of Programs in Different Programming Languages - Compares 129 (or 157?) languages

Fortran90 vs. Ada95 - Compares Ada95 to Fortran90 via code samples

Gnat and Linux: C++ and Java Under Fire - Compares Ada

History and Comparing Programming Languages - The files at this site compare programming language statements in several different languages tracing the statement from early languages to present languages.

How Does Ruby Compare With Python? - By John Dell'Aquila. Text description

In Search of the Ideal Programming Language - Article by Sergey Polak. Review and comparison programming languages in search expressive

Inferno/Limbo vs. JavaOS/Java - A small overview of the differences between Inferno/Limbo and JavaOS/Java.

Informal Language Comparison Chart(s) - Links

Intelligent Systems - Table compares traits of DreamMaker

Io Comparisons - Compares a few variables (size

Is .NET's 'C' Sharper Than C++ or Java? - By Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier. Text compares a few aspects of C

Is Ada a Better C? - Compares Ada

Is Turing a Better Language for Teaching Programming than Pascal? - Compares Turing to Pascal

Java and C++ Resource Management Comparison - Detailed discussion of the techniques used in Java and C++ to implement leak free and exception safe resource management. Covers memory management

Java and Smalltalk Syntax Compared - Table and notes compare some elements of syntax of Java 1.1 to Smalltalk-80.

Java Benchmark - By Rene Grothmann. Compares sieve algorithm in Java and C/C++. Text

Java versus C++ - This document compares the languages Java and C++. HTML

Java vs. C - Code for code comparison. All features on both languages are compared.

Java vs. JavaScript - Similarities and Differences. From First Step Communications.

Just Say No to Microsoft: Programming Languages - Describes dozens of mostly living languages

Language Comparison - Humorously compares Ada

Languages Versus D - Growing table compares D

Linea Engineering - Inc.: Getting The Biggest Bang For Your Buck

Linux Number Crunching: Benchmarking Languages - Compares the performance of the Intel Fortran

Making Sense of Distributed Objects - An assessment of COM

Microsoft .NET vs. J2EE: How Do They Stack Up? - What exactly is the .NET platform and how does the .NET architecture measure up against J2EE? By Jim Farley

My Programming Language Crisis - Some points on language design by Keith Waclena.

Nine Language Performance Round-up: Benchmarking Math & File I/O - Small-scale benchmark test run on 9 languages or variants: Java 1.3.1 and 1.4.2

Object-Oriented Languages in the Industry: A Comparison - Table-based comparison of 4 major OO languages: Eiffel

Objective-C: Comparisons With Other Languages - Compares Objective-C

On Being Object-Oriented: COM and CORBA - A comparison of COM and CORBA

PLEAC: Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook - Suite of common programming problems solved in Ada

Programmers: Otters with Rocks? - Discusses historical move from low level languages to higher level interpreted ones

Programming Information from HB - Text descriptions compare C/C++

Programming language benchmarks - Benchmark of the same program in some recent languages aims to support language choice decision for implementing computation-intensive web apps.

Programming Language Categories - Brief text compares 6 basic language types: general scripting

Programming Language Comparison - Table compares popular object-oriented languages: Eiffel

Programming Language Critiques: Pascal - C

Programming Languages Are Like Women - Humorous analogies between women and Assembly

Programming Languages mini-HOWTO - Brief comparison of major Linux programming languages C

Programming Languages Table - By Capers Jones

Python Compared to Other Languages - Many links to comparisons involving Python.

Qtime Collection - FTP Download

Quantifying the Debate: Ada vs. C++ - Tables and text compare Ada83

Reasons for TOM - TOM attempts to address flaws in these languages: C++

Ruby Versus Nine Object-Oriented Languages - Compares Ruby

Schizoid Classes - Of class - type

Sun's Comparison of Language Features - Table graphic

Survey of Programming Languages Associated with the Web - General feature comparisons

Survey of scripting language implementation options - A comparison of scripting language approaches in various categories. Pros and cons are given for each feature variation.

Syntax Across Languages - Operator names and syntax elements in various programming languages.

Tcl Advocacy - Table

Ted Shieh's Programming Language Comparison - A comparison of the features of and demand for some of the major programming languages.

The BNF Web Club Language - Browse

The C Family of Languages - Interview with Dennis Ritchie

The Great Computer Language Shootout - A collection of banchmarks performed on 24 different languages. Includes a tool to grade languages depending on how well they did on tests that matter for you.

The Quine Page - Collection of self-reproducing programs: each outputs a copy of its own source code; about 60 languages.

The ROT13 Page - ROT13 implemented in many programming languages.

The Zen of Python - By Tim Peters.

Timing Trials - or

TIOBE Programming Community Index - Monthly updated index that gives an indication of the popularity of programming languages.

TMXxine Languages - Brief comparison Curl with High Level assembler

Toolkit Comparison - Compares the same program

TUNES Project: Programming Languages - Over 200 languages described

University of Michigan's Language Guide - Each entry includes history

VB or not VB - Visual Basic

Water Comparisons - Two medium length documents compare object-oriented languages: Water with ConciseXML syntax

What I Hate About Your Programming Language - Text treats general aspects of language choices

What's Wrong with Perl - Author explains what he considers wrong about Perl

Why C is not a good numerical language - Explains why Fortran is a better language than C.

Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language - Brian Kernighan's comparison of Pascal and C

Why Tcl is Better than Perl - Says Tcl is simpler