[BioEdu] Lanuages and environments

[Paulo Nuin]

Hi

I downloaded F# but haven't tried yet. I heard it is pretty good for 
heavy stuff. I will give a closer look.

When I mentioned that bioinformatics as a field is more lenient than 
other programming niches, is that you don't see a lot of flame wars. 
Myself, I see no prejudice in trying other languages as long as I feel 
comfortable with them and they get the job done. My "problem" with perl 
is that sometimes I get lost between the $s and @s, and with Java is 
that I was never able to accomplish anything with it.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers

Paulo

Martin Jambon wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, J.W. Bizzaro wrote:
>
>   
>> Paulo Nuin wrote:
>>     
>>> In my regular work, I currently use a lot of C++, Python and bash
>>> scripts. I was never able to program in Perl, and Java looks like a
>>> mess to me.
>>>       
>> It's interesting that you consider Java to be more intimidating than C++.
>>
>> As for myself, I prefer C and PHP these days.  PHP is not thought of as
>> an analytical language, but it's as capable as any other.  Plus it looks
>> like C (making it simple to switch between them), and it even runs on
>> the command line.
>>     
>
> Personally I use OCaml, and I stick with it because it allows me to be
> extremely productive without sacrificing speed.
>
> For those interested, these links are a good starting point:
>
>   Benefits of OCaml: http://www.ffconsultancy.com/free/ocaml/
>   Tutorial for C/C++/Java/Perl programmers: http://www.ocaml-tutorial.org/
>
> There is also Microsoft's F#, which is pretty much the same as OCaml but
> for the .NET runtime.
>
> Note that this is not a call for discussion or a flame war.
> You can think of it as an infomercial if you like except that I don't get
> paid for it.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Martin
>
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