Favorite programming language?

[Jeremy Falcon]

68K Assembler :rolleyes: Jeremy Falcon Imputek "C# is the answer to a question nobody asked." - Chris Losinger

[Jon Sagara]

C++ PHP Perl Jon Sagara Red Swingline Stapler

[Ryan Johnston 0]

PHP is really cool! Perl is pretty nice too. Ryan Johnston

[CodeGuy]

C++ and Python. I want to like Scheme/Lisp/other variants, but the syntax just kills me. Python is close enough in power to Lisp but retains a more normal syntax so that I can use it. Brandon

[Marc Clifton]

C++. C# is interesting, but I don't like it very much. In fact, I would go as far as to say that C# isn't really a language--it's more like a scripted interface to all the API functions. But, I'm no expert on language design! Marc P.S. I hate namespaces.

[JohnJ]

Definitely C++ although oddly at night I sometimes dream about writing Z80 assembler again :wtf: Which is odd because I never dream about 6502 or 8080 or Acorn RISC. Obviously I'm confused & need help :confused: JohnJ X| Life is hard and then you die! X| http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]

[Marc Clifton]

I love the concept of Haskell! Thanks for the info. Marc

[Stuart Dootson]

C++ by a long way, followed by a gaggle consisting of Ada (fond memories...), 68k assembly language (hey, I'm a masochist geek with a yen for optimization measured by the processor cycle :-D, driven by the necessities of woefully underpowered realtime embedded systems!) and JScript...so long as it's hosted by Windows Scripting Host, so I've got regular expressions, the FileSystemObject and all the lovely things COM gives you ;P. Stuart Dootson 'Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p'

[Ray Cassick]

Ray is about to swim with the sharks here for speaking his mind in public... VB;P

[Nemanja Trifunovic]

1. C++ 2. C 3. Z80 Assembler 4. Fortran 77 ;P :beer:

[Navin]

Prolog, man! Okay, just kidding. C++ is my favorite. (scheme(has(too(many(parentheses))))) I do like Perl for the occasional odd task or for Web stuff. I hear good things about PHP and Python, but have never used either. There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.

[Jorgen Sigvardsson]

hehe. At least you are a VB programmer with balls! ;) Preferred storyline: - I am your father. Search your feelings and you'll know it's the truth. Together we can rule this galaxy like father and son. - Ok dad. Let's kick some butt!

[Jorgen Sigvardsson]

(scheme(has(too(many(parentheses)))) ) Good editors can do expression highlighting for you :) Preferred storyline: - I am your father. Search your feelings and you'll know it's the truth. Together we can rule this galaxy like father and son. - Ok dad. Let's kick some butt!

[Ray Cassick]

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: At least you are a VB programmer with balls! Thanks! (I think :) ) I might be able to put down C# some day but I don't know it well enough yet to say that it is my favorite.

[peterchen]

Scheme? Is it this paranthesis festival in mid-august? I must admit, it has something. However, when it's about gettign a job done, I rather command than argue. (i.e. if I prefer the "do this do that" model, rather than "X is Y and Z") C++, definitely. Home is where C++ is. C#: I especially admire that MS did (again) something for the "masses", not some ivory tower revolution. Pascal: If I'm at home at C++, Pascal is where I've grown up. Ah those memories....

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[Ryan Johnston 0]

Prolog is cool. Ryan Johnston

[Christopher Duncan]

C++ (Visual or otherwise) JAFL Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

[Nick Jacobs]

I like C++ now. When I was a student, I use to like one called ICON. It was a great string processing language. I kinda like C# but then again, I never did learn java or anything like that. Nick

[Paul Riley]

You guys are all sadistic. Okay, I admit that C++ is essential at times. And I understand the fact that C++ (and even moreso assembler languages) are like the programming equivalent of extreme sports (doing things the hard way just to prove that you can). But how can anyone claim that C++ is their favourite language? All that vile string handling and taking two days to write a simple dialog (remember... MFC is cheating, even if it isn't all that much easier). VB for GUIs, C++ / ATL for any real work. Borland did a reasonable job of combining the two with BCB. C# is looking like a good contender but I haven't REALLY pushed it yet, so I'm reserving judgement. Paul

[Navin]

I like the concept of a logic-based language. IT could get you in trouble though. The only time I've used Prolog was in a programming language course back in my college days. I can barely remember the syntax. You could write a very simple program that would sort a list of numbers, by asserting that a particular list was in order. The problem was, it would try every permutation of that list of numbers until it found one that satisifed that condition (was sorted.) So you ended up having an O(n!) sorting algorithm! We later learned other ways of doing it. :-O There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.