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A Comparison of C++, FORTRAN 90 and Oberon-2 for Scientific Programming
The report concludes by a personal assessment of the three languages with respect to the numerical context. By Bernd Mösli. The reader's experience in scientific programming in C or FORTRAN would be advantageous. (infos)Programming Language Critiques
Annotated links to critiques (Older version, by original author) (infos)
Reasons for TOM
TOM attempts to address flaws in these languages: C++, Cecil, Common Lisp, Eiffel, Java, Objective-C, Smalltalk. (infos)
The Zen of Python
Compares traits of many languages, without naming any; by Tim Peters. (infos)
PLEAC: Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook
Suite of common programming problems solved in Ada, C++, Erlang, Guile, Haskell, Java, Masd, merd, NASM, Objective Caml, Perl, Pliant, Python, Ruby, Tcl. (infos)
The Quine Page
Collection of self-reproducing programs: each outputs a copy of its own source code; about 60 languages. (infos)
Python Compared to Other Languages
Many links to comparisons involving Python. (infos)
Why Tcl is Better than Perl
Says Tcl is simpler, more maintainable, has superior GUI interface; Perl is hard to maintain and embed, thread unsafe, complex to learn. No code samples, tables, graphs. (infos)
Beyond Java?
Compares Java and Dylan, with examples from building two CORBA IDL compilers. Topics include: multiple inheritance, multi-argument dispatch, unified object model, extensible syntax. Several code examples. (infos)
A Comparative Overview of C#
Also compares C#, Java, C++. By Ben Albahari. (infos)