If a programming language was a boat…


	If a programming language was a boat…
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/15e0ca9e-86c2-459d-b6ce-0e14974ab69e/B33C5B47-E819-4124-B439-53EABADD2AF6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/" href="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/" style="font-size: 11px;">compsci.ca</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><H2>Turing</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><P>
Turing would definitely be a <STRONG>kayak</STRONG> (thank you for comments). It’s small. It’s human powered. It’s often used as a beginner “boat”. And it’s also very Canadian.
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Java is a <STRONG>cargo ship</STRONG>. It’s very bulky. It’s very enterprise~y. Though it can also carry a lot of weight. Will carry a project, but not very fun to drive.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/compsci.ca/img/942A2094-9A81-4AD6-A7B3-D258088FCEBD" alt="Java programming language as a cargo ship" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><H2>Perl</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><P>
Perl is a <STRONG>tugboat</STRONG>. Powerful enough to tug <EM>Java</EM> around, in 80 characters or less.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/compsci.ca/img/76304BF3-3506-44B8-BEA1-36DA89CCFBE2" alt="Perl programming language as a tugboat" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><H2>Ruby</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><P>
Ruby is difficult to describe. It’s sleek, sexy, and very fun to drive. Here’s a picture. Very trendy.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/compsci.ca/img/DE881B7D-B52A-432B-AAB5-A94F08EB5320" alt="Ruby programming language as a speed boat" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><H2>PHP</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><P>
PHP is a <STRONG>bamboo raft</STRONG>. A series of hacks held together by string. Still keeps afloat though.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/compsci.ca/img/B7A0B0BE-3173-43D5-A316-BA5A9F604715" alt="PHP programming language as a raft" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><H2>C</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><P>
C is a <STRONG>nuclear submarine</STRONG>. The instructions are probably in a foreign language, but <EM>all</EM> of the hardware itself is optimized for performance.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/compsci.ca/img/E05E9F41-7DA6-4FDE-8267-4011FABF62F3" alt="C programming language as a nuclear submarine" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><H2>HTML</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://compsci.ca/blog/if-a-programming-language-was-a-boat/"><P>
HTML <A title="It's a real programming language" href="http://compsci.ca/blog/its-a-real-programming-language/">isn’t really a <DEL>programming language</DEL></A> boat.
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