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))))))

[wt200999]

Originally Posted by 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...

Just started learning forth recently, pretty cool language, and I can see its potential for embedded system debugging and such.

[360Codemonkey]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

I prefer to program in English. \

I agree, but since the syntax would be incredibly difficult, and idioms would confuse the computer, I would say python. Although Lisp is pretty cool (weird).

[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.