<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/23/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew Coppin</b> <<a href="mailto:andrewcoppin@btinternet.com">andrewcoppin@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
From the guy who brought you "data in Haskell is like an undead quantum<br>cat", I present the following:<br><br>"If programming languages were like vehicles, C would be a Ferrari, C++<br>would be a Porshe, Java would be a BWM and Haskell would be a hovercraft.
<br><br>It doesn't even have WHEELS! There is no steering wheel, no gearbox, no<br>clutch... it doesn't even have BRAKES!!!<br><br>It completely turns the rules upside down. I mean, it moves by PUSHING<br>AIR. That's just crazy! It even STEERS by pushing air. It sounds so
<br>absurd, it couldn't possibly work...<br><br>...oh, but it DOES work. Very well, actually. In fact, a hovercraft can<br>do some things that the others can't. It works on water. It can go<br>sideways. It can REALLY turn on the spot."
<br><br>Insert whitty replies here...</blockquote><div><br><br>nice. =) Except C wouldn't be a Ferarri, it would be just the chassis of a Ferrari with a metal seat bolted on.<br><br>-Brent<br></div></div>