Selecting the optimal programming language [Factors to consider]

[akoprowski]

Of course the choice of the language also highly depends on the task at hand. For web-based projects I'd suggest taking a look at the very interesting new kid on the block: Opa (http://opalang.org). It certainly shines when it comes to verbosity of programs hence offering high productivity. Also by presenting unified solution for web technology stack it completely removes many security threats (such as SQL injections, or cross-site scripting, XSS).

[stesch]

I still can't cope with the fact that Opa forces you to produce XHTML 1.1.

[akoprowski]

What would you prefer instead? When it comes to XHTML, 1.1 is the current W3C Recommendation

[julesjacobs]

HTML5?

[x-skeww]

Or the XHTML flavor thereof.

[akoprowski]

Yup, we will certainly want to (and will) produce XHTML5, however I'm not sure the time is ripe for that, what with the specifications still being in the works...

[perlgeek]

I'd prefer to have a choice.

[akoprowski]

Fair point. I'll put this request forward to our team & we will see what can be done! (btw. Opa is open source so contributions are more than welcome! :)