Favourite Programming Language

[basicxman]

I'm entirely aware that individual programming languages are used for entirely different things than others, and each has their pros/cons. This poll is not about the "best" programming language as there is none, it's about the language you've had the most fun/productivity/etc with.

I also realize that there's not enough space the fit every programming language, not to mention that some are compiled and some interpreted. Please choose other and explain in a post if you don't see yours

[ATannahill]

I prefer to program in English.

I have not worked all too much with programing the robot but I have experience with many languages. I find labview easiest to work with to do mathematical equations for my own use. I chose java if I want to have results put on a website. For robotics use I prefer C.

[BEEKMAN]

C# FTW!!!! i like c++ and java as well, but deff C#

and, i would like to point out a glitch in vBulletin:



C 0 0%
C++ 1 50.00%
PHP 1 50.00%
Python 0 0%
Javascript 0 0%
Haskell 0 0%
Assembly 0 0%
Perl 0 0%
Basic 0 0%
Haskell 0 0%
Java 0 0%
Objective-C 0 0%
Google Go 0 0%
C# 1 50.00%
Visual Basic 0 0%
Ruby 0 0%
Pascal 0 0%
Fortran 0 0%
Lisp 0 0%
Other 0 0%

= 150%????

[ATannahill]

50% of the voters voted for each of the three options.

[basicxman]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

50% of the voters voted for each of the three options.

Yes I selected the multiple choice option with checkboxes.

[hyperdude]

I voted PHP, because that's the programming language I'm most acquainted with.

I can tinker with Javascript and C++, but only because of stuff I've learned through PHP. (I even fixed a few glitches in our Overdrive robot thanks to it).

And I was originally a little confused as to how the percentages could total more than 100%, and then I realized it was because of the multiple choice thing.

[Alan Anderson]

My favorite programming language is Tcl/Tk. It has minimal syntax which doesn't get in the way. It provides high-level support for lots of things like networking, virtual filesystems, database connectivity, GUI creation and event handling, etc. I have written entire web applications using Tcl only.

[IndySam]

I voted for Pascal for sentimental reasons (it needed a vote.) It was the first I learned in school and that instructor taught me more about proper programming method that all the other teachers I had.

Can't believe you don't have COBOL on that list.

[basicxman]

Originally Posted by IndySam

I voted for Pascal for sentimental reasons (it needed a vote.) It was the first I learned in school and that instructor taught me more about proper programming method that all the other teachers I had.

Can't believe you don't have COBOL on that list.

Oh man I forgot COBOL and tcl, there's also some rarely used goodies like postscript, eiffel, lua, awk and forth. I almost forgot Java too...

[Foster]

Alan Anderson: My favorite programming language is Tcl/Tk. It has minimal syntax which doesn't get in the way. It provides high-level support for lots of things like networking, virtual filesystems, database connectivity, GUI creation and event handling, etc. I have written entire web applications using Tcl only.

Add me to the TCL list, and I've also written web applications using Tcl. I have used TCL for about 17 years at this point. Philip Greenspun's book and AOLServer got me hooked on doing websites. Very cool stuff.

basicxman: Oh man I forgot COBOL and tcl, there's also some rarely used goodies like postscript, eiffel, lua, awk and forth. I almost forgot Java too

If it's a one off I'll use Awk. The nice thing about Awk is it's tiny so for years I could walk around with a 3.5" floppy with Awk on it and program any place I needed.

[artdutra04]

(i (should (have (voted (for (lisp))))))

[gblake]

"FORTRAN" for sentimental reasons

"Java" because it I currently do most of my hacking with it (It does a fair job of letting me continue to write FORTRAN)

"Other" because you forgot to include my favorites: APL and Forth.

APL was and still is pretty darn cool; and Forth is the girl who got away.

Blake

[Abrakadabra]

Ah yes - APL - the world's first "write-only" programming language :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_APL:

One often cited complaint about the APL language is the ability to write an entire program in one line of code, with the (perhaps intended) effect that the resulting code is neither readable nor maintainable, even by the original author.

[GaryVoshol]

RPG anyone? (No, it doesn't stand for Rotten Program Generator)

[Tom Line]

You should have included labview in your poll. It's a pretty neat tool, and very useful in the field it specializes in (testing, data acquisition, etc). I enjoy labview because of the gui elements it involves. I enjoy C (not++) for the simplicity.