What language???
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So here's one I was just reflecting on.
- Which language did you first learn programming in?
- Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
- If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
For me:
- The answer is C. My college even used K & R.
- SAP R/3 & Abap 4. Had to work in it and C++/ATL.
- C. I just like C. It's fun and simple. Frameworks take a long time to learn.
I only read CP for the articles. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
1. Assembler 2. Assembler 3. C++ The tigress is here :-D
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So here's one I was just reflecting on.
- Which language did you first learn programming in?
- Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
- If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
For me:
- The answer is C. My college even used K & R.
- SAP R/3 & Abap 4. Had to work in it and C++/ATL.
- C. I just like C. It's fun and simple. Frameworks take a long time to learn.
I only read CP for the articles. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
1. 6800 assembler. 2. 6800 assembler. 3. C++ Steve
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So here's one I was just reflecting on.
- Which language did you first learn programming in?
- Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
- If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
For me:
- The answer is C. My college even used K & R.
- SAP R/3 & Abap 4. Had to work in it and C++/ATL.
- C. I just like C. It's fun and simple. Frameworks take a long time to learn.
I only read CP for the articles. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
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So here's one I was just reflecting on.
- Which language did you first learn programming in?
- Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
- If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
For me:
- The answer is C. My college even used K & R.
- SAP R/3 & Abap 4. Had to work in it and C++/ATL.
- C. I just like C. It's fun and simple. Frameworks take a long time to learn.
I only read CP for the articles. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
1. Apple /// BASIC :doh: 2. 8080 assembler, closely followed by extending a public domain C-compiler :-> 3. C++ :cool: Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
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So here's one I was just reflecting on.
- Which language did you first learn programming in?
- Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
- If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
For me:
- The answer is C. My college even used K & R.
- SAP R/3 & Abap 4. Had to work in it and C++/ATL.
- C. I just like C. It's fun and simple. Frameworks take a long time to learn.
I only read CP for the articles. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
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So here's one I was just reflecting on.
- Which language did you first learn programming in?
- Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
- If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
For me:
- The answer is C. My college even used K & R.
- SAP R/3 & Abap 4. Had to work in it and C++/ATL.
- C. I just like C. It's fun and simple. Frameworks take a long time to learn.
I only read CP for the articles. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
1. C. 2. C++. Enjoyed it. 3. C#. Hmmm... do you see a pattern here? :suss: Cheers, Vikram, Voice of Reason.
"Don't judge me You could be me in another life In another set of circumstances" - "Tomorrow we'll see", Sting.
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fat_boy wrote:
C C C
Hmm... I detect a pattern there. :suss: Cheers, Vikram, Voice of Reason.
"Don't judge me You could be me in another life In another set of circumstances" - "Tomorrow we'll see", Sting.
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So here's one I was just reflecting on.
- Which language did you first learn programming in?
- Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
- If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
For me:
- The answer is C. My college even used K & R.
- SAP R/3 & Abap 4. Had to work in it and C++/ATL.
- C. I just like C. It's fun and simple. Frameworks take a long time to learn.
I only read CP for the articles. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
1. FORTRAN IV - I studied FORTRAN II, but had no computer to try it on. 2. ASM (8080-style) - I built the company a computer, but there was no OS for it. 3. Pascal "...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9
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So here's one I was just reflecting on.
- Which language did you first learn programming in?
- Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
- If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
For me:
- The answer is C. My college even used K & R.
- SAP R/3 & Abap 4. Had to work in it and C++/ATL.
- C. I just like C. It's fun and simple. Frameworks take a long time to learn.
I only read CP for the articles. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
1. Fortran X| 2. 8080 assembler 3. C++ Regards, Phil
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So here's one I was just reflecting on.
- Which language did you first learn programming in?
- Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
- If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
For me:
- The answer is C. My college even used K & R.
- SAP R/3 & Abap 4. Had to work in it and C++/ATL.
- C. I just like C. It's fun and simple. Frameworks take a long time to learn.
I only read CP for the articles. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
- FORTRAN (with cards) 2) COBOL (that would be 68 and 74). And I've yet to have a problem that I couldn't use COBOL to solve. :) 3) C++ The language is a lot of fun to use. The single biggest thing I like about C++ is code-reuse. Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] When I want privacy, I'll close the bathroom door. [Stan Shannon] BAD DAY FOR: Friendly competition, as Ford Motor Co. declared the employee parking lot at its truck plant in Dearborn, Mich., off limits to vehicles built by rival companies. Workers have to drive a Ford to work, or park across the street. [CNNMoney.com] Nice sig! [Tim Deveaux on Matt Newman's sig with a quote from me]
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Shog9 wrote:
probably JavaScript (since i enjoy it)
Got a decent editor for it? regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
adapted from toxcct:
while (!enough)
sprintf 0 || 1
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So here's one I was just reflecting on.
- Which language did you first learn programming in?
- Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
- If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
For me:
- The answer is C. My college even used K & R.
- SAP R/3 & Abap 4. Had to work in it and C++/ATL.
- C. I just like C. It's fun and simple. Frameworks take a long time to learn.
I only read CP for the articles. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
1. FORTRAN IV. Wright State University, fall quarter 1979. TI-59 programmable calculator, and Tiny BASIC come a close second. 2. PL/I. I took two computer graphics courses, and did an independent study project in graphics. The graphics lab at WSU at the time used PL/I on a group of CP/M machines. I extended the independent study project over two quarters. In the middle of the second one, I was really struggling. My advisor told me, finished or not, he wouldn't extend the project another quarter. I spent more than one 40 hour day in the lab finishing up. 3. Hands down, C++. Straight C is too confining these days.
Software Zen:
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So here's one I was just reflecting on.
- Which language did you first learn programming in?
- Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
- If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
For me:
- The answer is C. My college even used K & R.
- SAP R/3 & Abap 4. Had to work in it and C++/ATL.
- C. I just like C. It's fun and simple. Frameworks take a long time to learn.
I only read CP for the articles. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
1. Atari BASIC 2. ADA '83 - required 3 courses of it in college: Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced programming in ADA. It was stressful mainly b/c the prof. gave 1-A, 2-B, 3-C everyone else failed. 3. That's difficult to say; currently I'd answer C++, but I'm leaning more-and-more towards C# these days, as my base frameworks improve and become more advanced. I love C++ and WTL for quick and dirty apps.
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |Development Blogging|Viksoe.dk's Site -
Here is mine and why.
code-frog wrote:
# Which language did you first learn programming in?
Commodore 64 Basic Was a nice little machine to get my feet wet with in the early 1980's.
code-frog wrote:
Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
Meridian's Ada 83 A rather rigid and pain of a language that the Computer Science department force fed students at the junior college where I started college work. The exception handling was tough to work with and stressed me out then (this was back in 1992 :) )
code-frog wrote:
1. If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
C# I know C/C++ well, had to use Java a bit during my undergraduate and graduate courses. C# in my thought is an easy language to work with :) Paul
computerguru92382 wrote:
Meridian's Ada 83
Ohmigod. I actually used that miserable excuse for a compiler at work. It was a piece of junk. Half the features in the language specification weren't implemented properly, or caused the compiler to go belly up. The only Ada compiler worse than that was the one developed by the Irvine Compiler Corporation for the DEC VAX. It actually caused our VAX to crash on a regular basis.
Software Zen:
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- FORTRAN (with cards) 2) COBOL (that would be 68 and 74). And I've yet to have a problem that I couldn't use COBOL to solve. :) 3) C++ The language is a lot of fun to use. The single biggest thing I like about C++ is code-reuse. Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] When I want privacy, I'll close the bathroom door. [Stan Shannon] BAD DAY FOR: Friendly competition, as Ford Motor Co. declared the employee parking lot at its truck plant in Dearborn, Mich., off limits to vehicles built by rival companies. Workers have to drive a Ford to work, or park across the street. [CNNMoney.com] Nice sig! [Tim Deveaux on Matt Newman's sig with a quote from me]
Chris Meech wrote:
FORTRAN (with cards)
Hey! I'm not the only geezer! :laugh:
Software Zen:
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- BASIC on an APPLE II at Yamboo's Junior High (1982 ...sigh sigh ... I'm old ...) 2) C++/VB/Delphi/Assembler .... what a mess ..... 3) It was Delphi 'till 2 years ago, now I have to say C# Ciao ;)
Marco [Stinger] wrote:
BASIC on an APPLE II
Hey... Me too!
Paul Lyons, CCPL
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So here's one I was just reflecting on.
- Which language did you first learn programming in?
- Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
- If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
For me:
- The answer is C. My college even used K & R.
- SAP R/3 & Abap 4. Had to work in it and C++/ATL.
- C. I just like C. It's fun and simple. Frameworks take a long time to learn.
I only read CP for the articles. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
code-frog wrote:
Which language did you first learn programming in?
Timex Sinclair ZX81 basic, then Z80 assembly, then Commodore64 basic, then 6502 assembly, then TurboPascal on DOS, then C on DOS, then 8086 assembly, then C on Amiga, then 68000 assembly on Amiga,
code-frog wrote:
Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
For my first REAL job, I needed to learn SQL, FORTRAN and COBOL on an IBM VM/CMS machine. Learned to like it :( At least it was networked unlike the PCs of the time. Learned C++ on my own and in a class. Oh yeah - learned IBM assembler, too X|
code-frog wrote:
If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
C++ on windows with Win32 API, without MFC. I've learned Java. Tasted C#. I don't like em better than C++/Win32 yet. ...Steve
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So here's one I was just reflecting on.
- Which language did you first learn programming in?
- Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
- If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
For me:
- The answer is C. My college even used K & R.
- SAP R/3 & Abap 4. Had to work in it and C++/ATL.
- C. I just like C. It's fun and simple. Frameworks take a long time to learn.
I only read CP for the articles. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
1. Texas Intruments handheld calculator - like BASIC 2. C-Language - Mac-C for the Apple 512KE Macintosh 3. C++ People that start writing code immediately are programmers (or hackers), people that ask questions first are Software Engineers - Graham Shanks
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So here's one I was just reflecting on.
- Which language did you first learn programming in?
- Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
- If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
For me:
- The answer is C. My college even used K & R.
- SAP R/3 & Abap 4. Had to work in it and C++/ATL.
- C. I just like C. It's fun and simple. Frameworks take a long time to learn.
I only read CP for the articles. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
code-frog wrote:
Which language did you first learn programming in?
Cobol, on a Honeywell 32, circa 1968.
code-frog wrote:
Which language did you sweat bullets in for the first time? (What language was your trial by fire? Your very first maximum stress experience...)
Fortran, on a Xerox Sigma 7, circa 1973. Only computer class I ever took.
code-frog wrote:
If you knew pressure was coming which language would you be more inclined to have at your back? Not necessarily your favorite but the one you know best.
C#, hands down. David Veeneman www.veeneman.com
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
I've been an WinAPI programmer for over a decade now.
I just realised I can almost say the same thing. Only a couple of months to go! :cool: And I'm only 25... :~
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
The first computer I programmed was a Commodore PET. Then an Apple II (BASIC), then Vax 11-780 (FORTRAN), then Apple Macintosh (BASIC and C), then IBM PC (DOS) (ASSEMBLY, BASIC, C), then DEC MicroVAX II (C OPS5), then generic Intel PC (Windows - C, BASIC, C++). Been writing Windows software since 1992 - C and C++. Some BASIC, when forced X| People that start writing code immediately are programmers (or hackers), people that ask questions first are Software Engineers - Graham Shanks