The Portable Code Reference

There are many, many books about computer programming, but somehow there is one missing... Our idea is to write a book that gives the reader instant knowledge on how to begin writing a program in multiple languages. Perfect when you want to study simple differences between languages, or if you're just curious about how to write a "Hello World"-style program in perhaps Fortran or ADA. We will begin by planning and writing this book here on this page, but when it's finished, we will both be millionaires and rule the world. Then, only then, Jedis will we be...

Work Title:

The Portable Code Reference
Simple Programming Examples in 22 Languages
Chapters

• Preface
• Code Snippets
• The Languages
• Storage
• Types
• File Handling
• Object Oriented Programming
• Loops and Recursion
• Tips
• Index

Languages

• Ada
• Algol60
• ASP
• Assembler
• Awk
• Basic
• Bourne shell
• DOS .bat-files
• Brainfuck
• C, C++, C#
• C shell
• Fortran
• Haskell
• Html (?)
• Java
• Javascript
• Pascal
• Perl
• PHP
• Python
• Scheme, Lisp
• Smalltalk

Code Snippets

• Iterating "Hello, World!" example, which prints the string ten times.
• Simple input/output, with conditionals and variables.