NANBFTOP5 / OO-Language-Comparison

Final Project for CS 4330

OO-Language-Comparison

Final Project for CS 4330

Python vs C#: An object oriented comparison of these two languages

Contributors:

• Randall Young
• Han Song
• Yi Zhu
• Hong Wang

Directions

OO Language Comparison Pick two object-oriented languages. Form a team to work on the comparison. You can be a team of 1. Teams greater than 4 are usually not a good idea. Using the comparison criteria provided, compare the two languages through documentation and code examples. The documentation is to be written in markdown. The documentation and code examples are to be in a GitHub public repository that the team uses. The home page is to be the README.md for the repository. Other mark down pages can be linked using relative links in markdown files. Relative links in markdown files (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. The README.md is to include near the top: The two languages being compared. The names of the members of the team. The URL for the GitHub repository for your team is to be submitted via an assignment on Canvas.

Comparison Criteria Language purpose/genesis

• Why was the language created?
• What problems was the language trying to address?
• Is the language a reaction to a previous language or a replacement for another language?

Unique features of the language

• Does the language have any particularly unique features?

Name Spaces

• How are name spaces implemented?
• How are name spaces used?

Types

• What types does the language support?
• Are both reference and value types supported?
• Can new value types be created?

Classes

• Defining
• Creating new instances
• Constructing/initializing
• Destructing/de-initializing

Instance reference name in data type (class)

• this? self?

Properties

• Getters and setters…write your own or built in?
• Backing variables?
• Computed properties?

Interfaces / protocols

• What does the language support?
• What abilities does it have?
• How is it used?

Inheritance / extension

Reflection

• What reflection abilities are supported?
• How is reflection used?

Memory management

• How is it handled?
• How does it work?
• Garbage collection?
• Automatic reference counting?

Comparisons of references and values

• How are values compared? (i.e. comparing two strings)

Null/nil references

• Which does the language use? (null/nil/etc)
• Does the language have features for handling null/nil references?

Errors and exception handling

Lambda expressions, closures, or functions as types

Implementation of listeners and event handlers

Singleton

• How is a singleton implemented?
• Can it be made thread-safe?
• Can the singleton instance be lazily instantiated?

Procedural programming

• Does the language support procedural programming?

Functional programming

• Does the language support functional programming?

Multithreading

• Threads or thread-like abilities?
• How is multitasking accomplished?