Language Evaluation Criteria:
See Table 1.1 on Page 7 Language evaluation criteria and the characteristics
that affect them
| Criteria | |||
| Characteristic | Readability | Writability | Reliability |
| Simplicity/Orthogonality | x | x | x |
| Control structures | x | x | x |
| Data types & structures | x | x | x |
| Syntax design | x | x | x |
| Support for abstraction | x | x | |
| Expressivity | x | x | |
| Type checking | x | ||
| Exception handling (Chapter 13) | x | ||
| Restricted aliasing (click on it) | x | ||
Click here for COST and Others.
