Favorite Programming Language

[ace3316]

I've been learning and working with Java, but have been wanting to try C#. PHP has also grabbed my interest.

 

[teadrinker]

I tend to use high level mathematical languages, like Matlab, Maple, Maxima etc. My favorite general language is probably Haskell, although in fact I haven't done any Haskell programing in quite a while.

My next favorite languages (although I haven't actually written programs in any of them) are brainfuck, befunge, and malbolge.

-T.

 

[Corny]

your forgot LOLcode and chef

 

[hummer7979]

These days my favorite languages are probably C# and Python. Having seamless access to extensive, effectively build-in libraries and garbage collection is very nice. IronPython in particular is pretty kick ass. All the power of Python and .NET in one language. Fun stuff.

With the popularity of virtual-machine model programming (JVM/.NET's CLI), it might be easier to just learn Python and migrate to either IronPython or Jython depending on the job.

 

[hummer7979]

your forgot LOLcode and chef

Those are hilarious.

Since we're talking about different Python flavors: LOLPython

 

[hummer7979]

I forgot "Gamemaker", which is basically a point & click game creator, but it has a built-in programming language too.

Have you ever tried RPGMaker or Adventure Game Studio?

 

[hummer7979]

I tend to use high level mathematical languages, like Matlab, Maple, Maxima etc. My favorite general language is probably Haskell, although in fact I haven't done any Haskell programing in quite a while.

My next favorite languages (although I haven't actually written programs in any of them) are brainfuck, befunge, and malbolge.

-T.

Matlab and Maple were my college staples (well, mostly matlab). I've taken a look at Haskell. Functional programming is so foreign to me.

Those other languages..

 

[star-warrior]

Fortran 77.

I use it for text processing.

 

[hummer7979]

Fortran 77.

I use it for text processing.

Is there a reason you use Fortran 77? What sort of text processing do you do? I mean.. Fortran's wonderful for super-fast number crunching, but wouldn't it be easier to process text with a language that can handle regular expressions?

 

[star-warrior]

Yeah, F77 is cranky, cantankerous, and better suited for other things, and something else might be better, but where's the fun in that? It's nice to have a challenge.

I've been using f77 to churn out HTML pages from unicode encoded data of Chinese and East Asian character script data.

 

[Persian89]

DAMN PYTHON AND EMACS! TO hell..
Jesus christ man.... why does emacs have to be such a pain...


EDIT: hehe wouldn't most gays like LISP.....
(amirightorwhat!)

 

[Corny]

get some vi

 

[Persian89]

I thought Vim was an improved Vi?
Nevertheless, this course REQUIRES (Read: DEMANDS!!!) Emacs

 

[hummer7979]

I tried using vim for a while without knowing how to configure it. I couldn't understand why people used it lol.

 

[Persian89]

I tried using vim for a while without knowing how to configure it. I couldn't understand why people used it lol.

I actually like Emacs now...hate LISP though... even though I'm gay

 

[Persian89]

vim scares me
someone hold me and make the vim go away

*hugs*
I just started tricking myself into liking emacs.....

 

[Corny]

vim scares me
someone hold me and make the vim go away

i believe that was something like

:ho
/gw
v!

or so

 

[Persian89]

I suck as a programmer
When people come up with solutions, I freeze.
Do this, do that... HOW?!?!?!?

 

[hummer7979]

I suck as a programmer
When people come up with solutions, I freeze.
Do this, do that... HOW?!?!?!?

I know how you feel..

I think the one thing that programming has taught me is to appreciate intellectually thoroughness. The act of writing a good program that considers and handles all possible inputs is much like constructing a good argument that considers all possible counter-arguments, or solutions that consider all possible complications.

The problem is that these well-constructed programs end up being really hard to decipher because you're reading the compacted end result of what could be a long and complicated train of thought.

Moral of the story: document your code!

 

[Persian89]

or just put your code with comments through a doc-maker of some sort
Extreme Programming ftw... God I hate reports....


Btw.. I _LOVE_ Emacs..... it is actually love.
I don't love alot of things, but Emacs is fucking awesome...