The Language Guide<\/a> website attempts to tell the difference between 40 or so most popular programming languages. It provides a brief history of each language, key features listings, sample programs, and links to other resources about each language.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\nThere are so many computer programming languages that newcomers and around-IT people get confused very often. Which language should I learn? What is better C or Perl? What is SQL? These are the questions posted forums and newsgroups where programmers hang out. 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There are so many computer programming languages that newcomers and around-IT people get confused very often. Which language should I learn? What is better C or Perl? What is SQL? These are the questions posted forums and newsgroups where programmers hang out.<\/p>\n