"Which is best" threads

Good post. I've been frustrated with this board for a while, constantly seeing ridiculous threads posted by inarticulate, semi-literate "programmers" debating which language is best and why, with nothing but a 1-line OP.

Why can't these boards be better moderated, the posts and post counts deleted and some better rules be put in place? I don't even understand why post count is important, it's not like it benefits you in anyway unless you're hoping to offer some kind of service via signature links.

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My impression was that most of the posts were by people who seem to just be getting into software and just have no idea what anything is yet.

If you know what all these languages and technologies do, its probably hard to imagine just how lost someone could be getting into the field. I remember back when I graduated college, they trained us using C++ and I really had very little idea what Javascript, Java, Python, PHP and other languages were supposed to be used for. And this was with a 4 year degree.

But I think in order to learn, sometimes people have to ask really stupid questions. I also think these questions float to the top because they are the easiest questions for other people to throw in and participate in.

As to the post count. I Agree. My account is many years old, but I found myself having to go into those same questions and post answers so I could get my post count high enough to send someone a PM. I believe it is 25 or 50 posts that you have to have in order to PM.

Wow! I actually guilty of comparing Programming languages. In fact I stopped studying Java because someone told me that it was not as good as c++. I then moved to learning c++ which is actually causing me some delays with my project.

This is a an opener in a way. Thanks!

"VB6(Visual Basic 6) is better than PHP."
"C++ is better than Java because it runs natively in the Windows environment."

From these two quotes, one thing got clear that basic is also better than derived ones. One should be well versed with basic before got to understand the derived languages.

Hi MeanWalrus.
yes you are absolutely right. So far I have also found such type of threads which have useless inner meanings.

thanks for that post.. it was annoying me also..

Especially because there are so many.. people if you are actually interested in a comparison use SEARCH!! Secondly; the answer DOES NOT EXISTS.

The comparison ALWAYS completely depends on what you want to use it for.

I would love to see a mod close all those threads.. but prob that will make some stupid people not using search open up a whole new bunch of those threads..

Everybody is a "Moderator." Have you read this yet? http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...moderator.html

If you think something adds nothing to a thread report it.
Unless the thread starts out with spammy links in the sig, I don't report it and after that for those types of threads, I don't even bother looking at them.
Let the kiddies have their arguments about what language is better.
But if you are bored enough to even bother, you can report the individual posts.

Thing is, many of these threads also explain that they are talking about which is better for building websites, so your main argument is moot.

What I find even more annoying is PHP fanboys spamming these threads with how PHP comes out on top in every comparison. Though I can't be sure, I believe this comes from ignorance in that these same developers have never coded in another language (certainly not Python or Ruby), otherwise they wouldn't be praising PHP.

Another thing that annoys me is people bashing programming languages, which is why I annoy myself sometimes.

In My opinion, the kind of threads you are talking about must be in the form :
Wich language is good FOR DOMAIN;
Example : "wich language is good for wrinting drivers ?" , but here again, we can run into looong discussions (example : Microsoft Products(.net) Vs Oracle products (Java)).