Programming language comparison examples?

[sk...@pobox.com]

I thought there was a website which demonstrated how to program a bunch of
small problems in a number of different languages. I know about the
Programming Language Shootout:

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/

but that's not what I was thinking of. I thought there was a site with a
bunch of smaller examples.

I'm looking for a site with this sort of information to pass along to my son
who's entering his sophomore year of college, has one Java course under his
belt, and will take a second course in the fall. I'm hoping to reach him
before his brain turns to mush. ;-)

Thx,

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[Chris Rebert]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:20 PM, <sk...@pobox.com> wrote:
> I thought there was a website which demonstrated how to program a bunch of
> small problems in a number of different languages.  I know about the
> Programming Language Shootout:
>
>    http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/
>
> but that's not what I was thinking of.  I thought there was a site with a
> bunch of smaller examples.

PLEAC (Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook) is one option:
http://pleac.sourceforge.net/

Cheers,
Chris
--
Hope my brain doesn't turn to mush.
http://blog.rebertia.com

[bearoph...@lycos.com]

someone:

> I thought there was a website which demonstrated how to program a bunch of
> small problems in a number of different languages.

http://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://en.literateprograms.org/LiteratePrograms:Welcome
http://www.codecodex.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
http://merd.sourceforge.net/pixel/language-study/scripting-language/
http://pleac.sourceforge.net/
http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/cus/shapes/index.html

Bye,
bearophile

[sk...@pobox.com]

>> http://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Main_Page
>> http://en.literateprograms.org/LiteratePrograms:Welcome
>> http://www.codecodex.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
>> http://merd.sourceforge.net/pixel/language-study/scripting-language/
>> http://pleac.sourceforge.net/
>> http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/cus/shapes/index.html

Thanks for the extensive list of sites!

Skip

[John Machin]

On Jun 6, 5:45 am, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote:

> PLEAC (Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook) is one option:http://pleac.sourceforge.net/

"""The latest version of Python is 2.4"""

Appears to be a translation of parts of the Perl Cookbook: """Examples
which translate the original Perl closely but which are unPythonic are
prefixed with a comment stating "DON'T DO THIS"."""

[Simon Brunning]

2009/6/5 <bearoph...@lycos.com>:

And my favorite: http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/

--
Cheers,
Simon B.

[Ben Rousch]

<skip <at> pobox.com> writes:
>
> I thought there was a website which demonstrated how to program a bunch of

> small problems in a number of different languages. I know about the
> Programming Language Shootout:
>
> http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/
>
> but that's not what I was thinking of. I thought there was a site with a
> bunch of smaller examples.

Rosetta Code has examples of common programming tasks in hundreds of languages:
http://rosettacode.org/

[Juergen Hermann]

<skip <at> pobox.com> writes:
> but that's not what I was thinking of. I thought there was a site with a
> bunch of smaller examples.

http://langref.org/ is another one.