Programming Languages

Before reading this text, I’d never thought that Lisp, or any programming language based on it, could be used to develop software and even web-based software as the example mentioned, Viaweb. I found interesting that specific case and how the author emphasize that, specially talking about startups, it is important not to do or follow the same processes as the others, it is better to have a secret weapon. In this case it was Lisp which gave them the advantage because of the rapid development they can achieve by using it. I agree with the author when he mentions that the programming language you are using may depend on the objective or the purpose of the project. But it is obvious that no matter what, he prefers Lisp. Actually, he made me to start considering giving Lisp an opportunity. Basically, he is trying to convince us to use Lisp but the only aspect that interests me is considering it on a startup. I really want to start a new and personal business and the author made

It’s hard and even impossible to imagine a person that can be a true polyglot programmer, since there are more than 2,500 programming languages. This becomes more interesting thinking how the 6,192 human languages have been evolving for a millennium, while the programming languages started just 50 years ago. For me, it’s incredible to think that all the 2,500 programming languages were made as an attempt of reaching “the best notation—or even a good-enough notation—for expressing an algorithm or defining a data structure.” (Hayes, 2006). I really think this is more a personal approach, because, as Hayes said in his article, every single programmer may say that they have found the perfect or the best programming language and I’m sure the answer will differ in most of the cases.  I’d never thought how programming languages are different.  They could differ in syntax, like the use of semicolons (as separator, terminators or not using them), the comments inside a program and other sp

Hey, my name is José Antonio Malo de la Peña. I think must of you know me as Yuso. I'm at 7th semester of   Computer Science major at Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Estado de México. I'm not sure what am I expecting from this course, but I want to improve my programming skills while learning a new programming language. Also I would like to understand how a programming language is built. My principal hobbies are: Music. I love listening to music. Specially Avenged Sevenfold, The Beatles, Simple Plan, Joan Sebastian and Morat. As you can see, I don't have a favorite music genre.  Soccer. I play soccer since I was a kid. Despite it is one of my passions, I'm not always happy with it. The reason? It consists in two words: Cruz Azul. Videogames. I spent some time playing games like Halo, FIFA, Fortnite, Dark Souls and Resident Evil. My favorite TV programs or series are: Club de Cuervos, Breaking Bad, Two and a Half Men and Limitless.