Go to Post Finally, I would like to thank my wife (I hope she remembers me.) To all the FIRST widows out there, THANK YOU! - Ken Loyd [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > Technical > Programming
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
View Poll Results: What is your most prefered programming language?
C++ 91 43.96%
PBasic 11 5.31%
QBasic 8 3.86%
Java 36 17.39%
Other (Please List) 61 29.47%
Voters: 207. You may not vote on this poll

 
 
Thread Tools Rating: Thread Rating: 4 votes, 3.75 average. Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #46   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 19-01-2005, 21:42
Workaphobia Workaphobia is offline
Registered User
AKA: Jon
FRC #1546 (Chaos Inc.)
Team Role: Alumni
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Rookie Year: 2005
Location: Long Island
Posts: 26
Workaphobia will become famous soon enough
Re: What is your most prefered programming language?

My favorite programming language? Hard to say.

I started with Visual Basic (shudder) back when I was in single digits. Flash's ActionScript introduced me into the world of C-style syntax several years ago, and then I started reading up about C++. I developed most of my taste in programming conventions around this time, so it was a bit hard to shift into Java-mode for my AP Comp Sci class. For example, casting down from Object in an overridden equals method, to match the signature of the original method, just seems so wrong.

Java is neat, I just think C++ is better when it comes to making objects feel as natural as primitives. I also love the way C++ handles constants (const declarations, constant arguments, and const (non-mutator) methods).

About a year ago I got into Walter Bright's "D" programming language, which is sort of a C++/D hybrid - there's no virtual machine, but it's still reference based. Plus, a few extras are thrown in such as syntax-level Design by Contract. (I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this language already, because I'm lazy and I'm not about to read through eleven pages of posts )

If I had to pick one, I'd say C++. D would be really neat if its developers could only pick up the pace - it's been pre 1.0 for around five years.
 


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Programming Compatition Angela06 Programming 30 08-04-2005 23:12
New programming language next year? Mike Alighieri Programming 131 13-09-2003 20:51
PBASIC sucks maDGag Programming 31 29-01-2003 03:16
TI programming using Z80 assembly language Jeff Wong Chit-Chat 1 07-06-2001 01:27


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 16:54.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi