C vs others

[Unregistered]

I think the languages that were develped after C seem kind of gimmicky. Can anyone explain this?

[Unregistered]

Which ones do you reffer?
Java C#, VB...
(i don't anything newer)

if that is ...
well how can anyone explain that...
i think i know why... because nowadays it modern to be a programer ... So Everybody wants to be one ... BUT ... not everybody is good enough to do this .And there is a market for computer languages which are simple enough that even my granma will be able to code!!!!
And ofcource everything has a price... in terms of reliability and efficiency

AND there is this Cursed thing! RAD (R)apid (A)pplication
(D)evelopment... which means:
"Who wants an efficient, bug free, and simple comersial software!
NOBODY ! We all need software which is developed FAST !
Bugs , well we'll just make another 'release' which is <bug> less
Thanx god we have MFC, Microsoft and Win!!!!! Win'em all !!"

[Spark]

There is not one tool to rule them all.

I use perl for all kind of small or large scripts with a lot of text manipulation. PHP is awesome for dynamic webpages. I would prefer C++ for GUI applications and/or even Phyton for small GUI tools. RAD environments like Delphi are also great to get the work done. I use C for a chatserver because it's the best choice for a small and performance critical tool like this IMO. The more specialised languages, the better. And more easy and foolproof languages mean less bugs and errors by humans.
The question why new languages are always more "gimmicky" than C is easy... You can already do your stuff in C, so why should someone reinvent the wheel/language? The strength of other languages is mostly getting a job done faster and/or more efficient. Just like assembler is all you need for low level programming.

[Unregistered]

Thanks guys for your excellent answers about how these newer languages fill certain needs.

[Flikm]

C/C++ all the way!!!

[MethodMan]

This would probably be better under general discussions, but as I see it, you dont start something good again, you just borrow ideas. C++ is built on C, and Java, is built on C/C++. If it is good you try to make it better, as they did with java, well if u like java that is.

[sean]

A lot of people ask this question and it's always the same answer - it depends on what you're usaing it for, they all have different strengths. I do agree with you a lot though. People have gone a little out of hand - but then that's the information age for you.

[Unregistered]

>I do agree with you a lot though. People have gone a little out of hand - but then that's the information age for you.

Sean, good point. It's kind of intimidating when you have whole bookstore devoted to nothing but programming manuals.