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Entry #2: The Semicolon Wars

“The Semicolon Wars” is an article written by Brian Hayes in 2006 and published in the American Scientist, a magazine of Sigma Xi, (The Scientific Research Society). In the article, Brian Hayes talks about the history of the programming languages and how some programming languages are favorite or successful against other programming languages. The article tells us that there are about between 2,500 and 8,500 programming languages, according by Bill Kinnersley and Diarmuid Piggott. By the moment I'm writing this entry, a new programming language comes up with upgrades or new features. Each programming language have different syntax, semantics and focus on solving different problems. Each programming language has its advantages, disadvantages and limitations. These 2 premises led me to a conclusion: Each programmer has a favorite programming language, but, it depends according to the year and the trends of that time. Learning a new programming language is easier if you already ...

Entry #1: Presentation

Hi! My name is Adrián Méndez López, and this is the first entry of my blog for the Programming Languages course. I expect to learn Clojure and Programming Paradigms like: Procedural Programming, Object Oriented Programming, Functional Programming, Logical Programming and Concurrent Programming. Hobbies and Personal Interests: Videogames, Investigations about actual topics or technology, running, going to the cinema, etc... Books / Comics: "It", "Mein Kampf", "DC Flashpoint", "DC The Button"...I like comics or graphic novels. Music: Imagine Dragons, AC/DC, Avicii...I like Rock, Pop, Electronic music Movies: Toy Story, MCU movies...I like action, animated and horror movies. TV programs: The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, The Big Bang Theory.