Programming language comparison?

[vincent at zijnemail.nl (Vincent Verhagen)]

Hi all,

I was referred to this list by a fellow security consultant for this 
specific question. Please forgive me if this is the wrong forum :)

We're in the process of creating a kind of handbook for third parties 
that develop web applications for us.
One (quite extensive, I'm happy to report) chapter will be about 
security and for that I'm looking for a comparison of common 
programming/scripting languages (PHP, C variants, JAVA, etc) their 
specific risks and why or why not to use them.
Has anyone created such an overview I could use as a basis to work from?

Thanks in advance!

Vincent Verhagen
Simac ICT Netherlands