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Originally Posted by davidthefat
Cause C++ is used more often than LabView in the "real world". Do not argue, it is true, no one uses LabView to make video games, video games are a huge business, so I can infer that.
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First, I agree with Andrew. Basing such a statistic off of simply the video game industry is simply foolish.
Second, you're actually fairly correct, though your justification is wrong. LabVIEW is more often used in specialized areas where you don't need as much power (ie. data structures and some other widely used programming features), whereas C++, or more correctly, C-based languages (including C# and Java), is used more often in the business world.
Though that's not to say that non-C-based languages aren't used. If you work mainly with AI, you're probably more likely to use a functional language; though once again, it is not the only choice.
And even then, if you work more with the web, you could be using PHP, ASP (possibly with .NET), or even Python.
I guess the point I'm trying to get across is that there is no specific "real world" programming language. It depends on what area of the software world that you work in. Each language has different strengths, as well as its own weaknesses; therefore, bickering about languages shouldn't even come into the equation.
However, I must applaud dotbran and his team for entering into the often more difficult world of C++, because it is definitely one of the more oft-used languages than LabVIEW.