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  • N No e

    what about us poor saps that stil have to play around with assembly or other embedded languages? I have been known to dabble with .NET in the morning and assembly/C for embedded in the afternoon.... some VB in between:)

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    Rohde
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    Assembler? Wow. You're the kind of guy the rest of us talks about when standing around the water cooler. An outcast among outcasts ...just kidding :)


    "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
    -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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      How many languages/technologies do you use at work? I use C# .NET/ASP.NET with some JavaScript and MySQL as a database and hence some SQL. Since it's web dev I also need to fudge some CSS and (X)HTML around. Besides that WPF, Silverlight and WCF are on the horizon and seems interesting. At my spare time I sometimes do some C++/Qt......and it's all just too much. [shouting]I wanna be a postman[/shouting]. So what about you guys - also getting information overload? (yes, I'm mainly kidding - I love programming, but the pace is really fast!)


      "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
      -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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      Ed Poore
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      C#, ASP.NET, JavaScript, SQL, (X)HTML, CSS, WPF, C and :~ VB are the languages using at work in the last 3 months or so.  Others are included but haven't used them recently at home or work.

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      • J John M Drescher

        Only C++ and SQL.

        John

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        Rohde
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        Yeah, I like these two. Even though I'm more productive with C# I just really like C++. It's like the Ferrari among BMWs - it requie a lot work but you feel really cool when it works....ok sucky analogy but I'm sure you get my meaning.


        "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
        -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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        • E Ed Poore

          C#, ASP.NET, JavaScript, SQL, (X)HTML, CSS, WPF, C and :~ VB are the languages using at work in the last 3 months or so.  Others are included but haven't used them recently at home or work.

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          Rohde
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          Your brain should carry a "Heavy Load" sticker! :-D


          "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
          -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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            Rohde wrote:

            although Borland (or CodeGear as the developer tools section has been renamed as) seems to be a non-player these days.

            No Anders, no fun :)


            "Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. " - Morpheus "Real men use mspaint for writing code and notepad for designing graphics." - Anna-Jayne Metcalfe

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            Rohde
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            I don't know how big an impact Anders leaving had back then, but it did result in some of their other big profiles leaving and then it all went downhill. Meanwhile the mothership (Borland) pretty much forgot their developer section and focused on the application life cycle market (or whatever it's called) instead resulting in a "Borland who?"-attitude among developers. Too bad since competition for Microsoft in their own market was good. Nowadays CodeGear still releases a .NET IDE, but they are always a version behind Microsoft; why anyone would opt for that is beyond me (save for companies already in the Borland CodeGear camp).


            "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
            -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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            • R Rohde

              Your brain should carry a "Heavy Load" sticker! :-D


              "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
              -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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              Ed Poore
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              It's not that bad, C#, SQL, (X)HTML, CSS (oh and XSLT) in one project. ASP.NET & SQL in another. Then JavaScript, C, (X)HTML and CSS in another.

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                How many languages/technologies do you use at work? I use C# .NET/ASP.NET with some JavaScript and MySQL as a database and hence some SQL. Since it's web dev I also need to fudge some CSS and (X)HTML around. Besides that WPF, Silverlight and WCF are on the horizon and seems interesting. At my spare time I sometimes do some C++/Qt......and it's all just too much. [shouting]I wanna be a postman[/shouting]. So what about you guys - also getting information overload? (yes, I'm mainly kidding - I love programming, but the pace is really fast!)


                "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
                -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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                El Bob O
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                Mainly low level stuff with C, C++, and Assembly Some higher level utilities written in Java and Python

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                  It's not that bad, C#, SQL, (X)HTML, CSS (oh and XSLT) in one project. ASP.NET & SQL in another. Then JavaScript, C, (X)HTML and CSS in another.

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                  Rohde
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                  Ed.Poore wrote:

                  Then JavaScript, C, (X)HTML and CSS in another.

                  Now that's not a combination I hear about everyday (I'm referring to the C part as you probably have guessed).


                  "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
                  -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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                    Ed.Poore wrote:

                    Then JavaScript, C, (X)HTML and CSS in another.

                    Now that's not a combination I hear about everyday (I'm referring to the C part as you probably have guessed).


                    "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
                    -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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                    Ed Poore
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                    CGI on an embedded web server.

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                    • R Rohde

                      Yeah, I like these two. Even though I'm more productive with C# I just really like C++. It's like the Ferrari among BMWs - it requie a lot work but you feel really cool when it works....ok sucky analogy but I'm sure you get my meaning.


                      "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
                      -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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                      Kevin McFarlane
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                      Rohde wrote:

                      I just really like C++

                      C++ is OK when you're writing it yourself. It's a pain when you have to maintain someone else's mess. Yes, I know maintenance is a pain in general but it's a lot worse in C++.

                      Kevin

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                      • R Rohde

                        How many languages/technologies do you use at work? I use C# .NET/ASP.NET with some JavaScript and MySQL as a database and hence some SQL. Since it's web dev I also need to fudge some CSS and (X)HTML around. Besides that WPF, Silverlight and WCF are on the horizon and seems interesting. At my spare time I sometimes do some C++/Qt......and it's all just too much. [shouting]I wanna be a postman[/shouting]. So what about you guys - also getting information overload? (yes, I'm mainly kidding - I love programming, but the pace is really fast!)


                        "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
                        -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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                        Steve Echols
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                        C++, C#, VB, Javascript, T-SQL are the main ones I use, and yeah I mess them up when I flip back and forth, things like semi-colons and {} in VB. I find it's not necessarily the languages that are overwhelming, it's all the different frameworks that you have to learn and keep track of. Makes my head spin!


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                        • R Rohde

                          Your brain should carry a "Heavy Load" sticker! :-D


                          "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
                          -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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                          Ed Poore
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                          Oh forgot the second part of your question, so far I haven't got them mixed up.  I think it's down to the fact I'm largely doing completely different things in them so can change mindsets.  Sometimes I wish I had one feature another doesn't have but apart from that don't get messed up.


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                          • R Rohde

                            How many languages/technologies do you use at work? I use C# .NET/ASP.NET with some JavaScript and MySQL as a database and hence some SQL. Since it's web dev I also need to fudge some CSS and (X)HTML around. Besides that WPF, Silverlight and WCF are on the horizon and seems interesting. At my spare time I sometimes do some C++/Qt......and it's all just too much. [shouting]I wanna be a postman[/shouting]. So what about you guys - also getting information overload? (yes, I'm mainly kidding - I love programming, but the pace is really fast!)


                            "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
                            -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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                            Brady Kelly
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                            Too few. I'm just getting exposure to only Javascript, and normally exclusively use C#. I can still keep my head above water in VB6, without drugs, well enough. I've always had an interest in other languages, and suspect I have encountered too many, paralysing my motivation to actually learn and work with any of all the other languages currently on show.

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                              dnh wrote:

                              [...] but very little CSS/HTML - I am more focused on data and logic, there are (fortunately) others for presentation.

                              I hear you. Unfortunately I'm the sole developer on a web app at the moment. Luckily we got the design from outside but I still have to nudge it a bit. God, CSS and XHTML is not my definition of fun: I'd much rate write a business and data layer (and fortunately that is what I do most of the time).


                              "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
                              -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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                              Brady Kelly
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                              Parameterise your UI elements and write a data and business layer to manage them.

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                              • N No e

                                what about us poor saps that stil have to play around with assembly or other embedded languages? I have been known to dabble with .NET in the morning and assembly/C for embedded in the afternoon.... some VB in between:)

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                                brianwelsch
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                                Yeah, I'll mess around with assembler, VB, maybe even C++ on any given day.

                                BW


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                                Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
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                                  How many languages/technologies do you use at work? I use C# .NET/ASP.NET with some JavaScript and MySQL as a database and hence some SQL. Since it's web dev I also need to fudge some CSS and (X)HTML around. Besides that WPF, Silverlight and WCF are on the horizon and seems interesting. At my spare time I sometimes do some C++/Qt......and it's all just too much. [shouting]I wanna be a postman[/shouting]. So what about you guys - also getting information overload? (yes, I'm mainly kidding - I love programming, but the pace is really fast!)


                                  "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
                                  -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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                                  Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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                                  C#

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                                    C#, javascript, jsp, actionscript, css :sigh:

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                                    Pawel Gielmuda
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                                    Hmmm C#, VB.NET, VB6, C++, javascript, python and learning WPF;)

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                                      How many languages/technologies do you use at work? I use C# .NET/ASP.NET with some JavaScript and MySQL as a database and hence some SQL. Since it's web dev I also need to fudge some CSS and (X)HTML around. Besides that WPF, Silverlight and WCF are on the horizon and seems interesting. At my spare time I sometimes do some C++/Qt......and it's all just too much. [shouting]I wanna be a postman[/shouting]. So what about you guys - also getting information overload? (yes, I'm mainly kidding - I love programming, but the pace is really fast!)


                                      "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
                                      -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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                                      Stuart Dootson
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                                      C++, Ada and some assembly language at work Haskell, some shell scripting, bit of Ruby at home. They're all sufficiently different that I don't really get confused between them.

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                                        C++, Ada and some assembly language at work Haskell, some shell scripting, bit of Ruby at home. They're all sufficiently different that I don't really get confused between them.

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                                        Rohde
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                                        Stuart Dootson wrote:

                                        C++, Ada and some assembly language at work

                                        Ada at work you say; do you work in the defense or aviation industry?


                                        "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
                                        -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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                                        • R Rohde

                                          Why the " X| "? Was Delphi awful? I've heard some good praises on it's native Win32 abilities, although Borland (or CodeGear as the developer tools section has been renamed as) seems to be a non-player these days.


                                          "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
                                          -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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                                          It's not that - try coding in C++ and then a couple of hours later in Pascal!

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