[phonebucket]

> This doesn't seem to be comparing anything like the same thing.

This is a fair point, and I believe this whole series of 'Beating C with foo' posts could have been better named.

But I'm of the opinion that the whole series is about showcasing various language's strengths and weaknesses, while using GNU wc as a benchmark.

From this perspective, I've learnt a bit about several languages I knew nothing about, so I rather like these articles, despite the fact that their titles might be a bit misleading.

[thanatropism]

It's all about tone.

Everyone remembers being a brash know-nothing teenager, so just by the headline "DESTROYING C" you get that vibe.

I remember having a blog about Haskell circa 2002 where I would smugly enumerate the ways in which Guido van Rossum was wrong. "GUIDO IS WRONG! PART 4" my post titles would say.