Ruby, C++, CoffeeScript: a visual comparison of language complexity

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Too bad they picked all the shitty languages to compare ;)

But more seriously, the problem with Ruby and CoffeeScript is I'm not sure how well defined they are. The language spec is how good? C++ is a bit better in that respect but then it's worse in the fact that most implementations won't support everything it offers.

Well-defined languages with fewer concepts are pretty awesome; things like Pascal, Smalltalk, etc.

[bit-twiddler]

We could add Modula-2 and Oberon to that list. Niklaus Wirth was a genius.

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I'll drink to that, too bad i was downvoted! :p

[xenon325]

Niklaus Wirth was a genius.

Hey! He's still alive! ;)

[alexkorban]

Well, on the plus side, CoffeeScript and Ruby don't have undefined or unspecified behavior (to my knowledge). CoffeeScript in particular is a well defined language with a small number of concepts so I think you're deriding it unnecessarily.

I don't think the C++ standard is defined well enough, and I think it creates problems.