555 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Hello everybody, Im started school today for computer programming and need help with a homework question. The only answer I can seem to find is that all the programming languages are powerful general purpose languages, did not see anything on wiki which says they were made for a specific purpose for something.. The question is "Was there a specific motivation behind the creation of these languages? If so, what was it?" the programming languages are Basic, Java, C++ and Python. I see Java and C++ were created by business and the other 2 by people or a couple people, but nothing deeper, or if they were made fora government purpose? or to run a specific task when originally created? thanks for any help in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H@L0_F00 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Hello everybody, Im started school today for computer programming and need help with a homework question. The only answer I can seem to find is that all the programming languages are powerful general purpose languages, did not see anything on wiki which says they were made for a specific purpose for something.. The question is "Was there a specific motivation behind the creation of these languages? If so, what was it?" the programming languages are Basic, Java, C++ and Python. I see Java and C++ were created by business and the other 2 by people or a couple people, but nothing deeper, or if they were made fora government purpose? or to run a specific task when originally created? thanks for any help in advance Here's what I know: Basic: to get the job done quick and easy. Not a lot to learn. Java: Meant to be cross-platform (although I hear everybody says there's always problems with it's portability). C++: Cross-platform. No need for memory management as in C which usually means less work and less exploits. Python: Cross-platform, quick scripting language. Essentially they were all created with a couple things in mind: Ease of use, faster development, portability, and improvements upon it's predecessors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
555 Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 Here's what I know: Basic: to get the job done quick and easy. Not a lot to learn. Java: Meant to be cross-platform (although I hear everybody says there's always problems with it's portability). C++: Cross-platform. No need for memory management as in C which usually means less work and less exploits. Python: Cross-platform, quick scripting language. Essentially they were all created with a couple things in mind: Ease of use, faster development, portability, and improvements upon it's predecessors. Awesome, thanks for the response :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArkNinja Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 And C++ versus C was OOP (Object Oriented Programming) support. The original name of C++ was actually C with Classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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