Readings galore?

A few readings related to programming languages, and some of the "wars" that go on between the programmers who use them:

• Java vs C++ performance article
• Joel's on Software: Language Wars
• John Gruber's response
• Duck Punching on Language Wars & Ruby [profanity warning for the video]
• Guido van Rossum interview on type systems - Python's creator (Guido) responds to some criticisms by Java's creator (James Gosling).
  
  

And then here are a few more readings relating to computing & programming language history

• Some early computing history: http://plyojump.com/classes/pre_1945.php
• A programming language history infographic: http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/07/the-history-of-programming-languages-infographic.php
• "Why Johnny Can't Code?": http://www.salon.com/2006/09/14/basic_2/

And then, for entertainment value, one shouldn't miss the International Obfuscated C Contest...

That's all for now....