Magazine of languages?

[Brett]

Is there a magazine that keeps abreast of developments in nearly all programming languages? If so, what is the title? Perhaps one that isn't full of code examples but more comparison between languages and where they are going.

Also, any websites that may reference the above.

Thanks,
Brett

[Bob Lehmann]

Yes. It's called Code Everything magazine. It's 10 feet thick, and a
subscription is $25,000 a year.

I found it while looking for a cooking magazine that covered every cusine in
the world, but had no recipes.

It was full of interesting stuff like...
Mexico - spicy
England - very not spicy, in fact boiled
Norway - fish, cheese, sausage
Italy - perfecto (The real deal that is, not he Americanized crap)

Bob Lehmann

"Brett" <Br***@discussi ons.microsoft.c om> wrote in message
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Is there a magazine that keeps abreast of developments in nearly all programming languages? If so, what is the title? Perhaps one that isn't
full of code examples but more comparison between languages and where they
are going.
Also, any websites that may reference the above.

Thanks,
Brett

[Anand N [MVP]]

Hello Brett,

You can check out www.developeriq.com, which is acutally an indian computer
magazine.

Regards,
Anand N
Microsoft MVP
NetAns Technologies
www.netans.com
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"Brett" <Br***@discussi ons.microsoft.c om> wrote in message
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Is there a magazine that keeps abreast of developments in nearly all programming languages? If so, what is the title? Perhaps one that isn't
full of code examples but more comparison between languages and where they
are going.
Also, any websites that may reference the above.

Thanks,
Brett

[DaveInRedmond]

I assume you've already looked at the obvious culprits like:
- IEEE Software
- Software Development
- Dr. Dobbs Journal
- etc.......

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"Brett" <Br***@discussi ons.microsoft.c om> wrote in message
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Is there a magazine that keeps abreast of developments in nearly all programming languages? If so, what is the title? Perhaps one that isn't
full of code examples but more comparison between languages and where they
are going.
Also, any websites that may reference the above.

Thanks,
Brett

[Steve McLellan]

It's a common misconception that all English food is boiled, but you are
forgetting the British institution of Fish and Chips (or the Fish Supper as
it's more imaginatively named in Scotland). Cholesterol wrapped in
newspaper, it involves catching an enormous, but generally unspecified piece
of marine life, slicing it, and then sliding it along with half a harvest's
potato crop into a deep fat frier, before serving with mushy peas. The Scots
went one further and perfected a way of frying Mars Bars, which is why
Glasgow's obesity rate now approaches that of America....

"Bob Lehmann" <no****@dontbot herme.zzz> wrote in message
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Yes. It's called Code Everything magazine. It's 10 feet thick, and a
subscription is $25,000 a year.

I found it while looking for a cooking magazine that covered every cusine in the world, but had no recipes.

It was full of interesting stuff like...
Mexico - spicy
England - very not spicy, in fact boiled
Norway - fish, cheese, sausage
Italy - perfecto (The real deal that is, not he Americanized crap)

Bob Lehmann

"Brett" <Br***@discussi ons.microsoft.c om> wrote in message
news:F3******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

Is there a magazine that keeps abreast of developments in nearly all

programming languages? If so, what is the title? Perhaps one that isn't
full of code examples but more comparison between languages and where they
are going.

Also, any websites that may reference the above.

Thanks,
Brett

[Daniel O'Connell [C# MVP]]

"kneejerkreacti on" <kn************ **@discussions. microsoft.com> wrote in
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IMHO, languages are becoming irrelevant. The days are past when a new
'better' language was invented every couple of years. For instance in
.NET, any supported language can be used. And developers are free to
create additional .NET supported languages. The executables are
essentially identical. So the issue becomes one of standardization . What
skills will be easiest to find in the marketplace. If a new language is
invented it will not be because it is better, but more likely so a company
can eliminate a competitor langusge from the marketplace.

That seems to be a rather...cynica l opinion. The runtime a langauge compiles
to has *no* bearing on the generation of a new language. There are dozens(if
not hundreds) of languages that run on the java vm that experiment with
being better, some of which are java extensions that are eventually pulled
into the java core and others are entirely new languages designed for the
purpose of creating something the user feels is or could be better. A few
new languages have shown up for the CLR as well, Microsoft Research's
C-omega for example, as well as a few third party languages like boo and
nemerle.
Better languages come for the sake of better languages, not for the sake of
better runtimes. Microsoft and Sun and Borland may not be producing new
langauges any time soon, as C#, VB.NET, and Java have a lot of room for
improvement, but they aren't standing idly by and claiming the language is
irrelevent. Each one will get better and there *will* be a new ruby some
time.

..NET simply allows for a unified type system, a way for langauges to
interoperate. On its own the framework is a useless mass of bytes. Someone
has to be able to produce exectuables using that framework and language
evolution and generation is often the best way to improve the way that
person does his work. Being free to create a new language is not an excuse
and it is counter to your original point. The langauge is not irrelevent by
any means.