Favorite Programming Language

[DOWSER]

I'm interested in programming in a new language and I wanted to know what everyone thinks. So what's your favorite programming language and why?

 

[Goldberg]

I've only been programming for almost a year now, so I haven't really found a language that I can take as my favorite, there are many different things that make programming languages stand out from one another.

What is it you like about the current language you're using and what do you expect from a different one?

Personally, I like all the ones I know, being only C, Java and Assembler (on DOS and Linux).

 

[C@sH Mooney]

C++, Java.

 

[Mugquomp]

Python ftw

 

[Kirby King]

I'm partial to PHP, but you might've guessed that. And PHP gets way more fun when you splice in some JavaScript.

But as far as recommending any particular language, that always depends on what you already know and what you want to learn. Don't learn PHP if you don't plan on ever doing web development (for fun or otherwise). But if you want an exercise in gouging your eyes out, check out LISP.

 

[C@sH Mooney]

LOL@ gouging my eyes out with LISP

 

[Eriatarka]

My more computer-knowledgeable Computer Science buddies don't think much of Java but I'm liking it, Processing toolkit is oodles of fun. Making simple, pretty visualisations is a nice way to spend a day.

 

[AltF4]

Java's just REALLY inefficient. Any program you make in it will run twice as fast in C++ or anything else, really. But Java has the benefit of being very platform independent and stuff, so there's always a trade off.

 

[TheDownSyndromeKid]

C#.NET <-- Good stuff. Basically Java on the .NET CLR

As far as favorites go, I'm more or less indifferent, it's more so what the job requires for me. I've heard Ruby on Rails is often times a major plus, I stay far away from web development, though. Not my cup o' tea.

 

[DOWSER]

Yeah, during college I was into web development. What's python good for?

 

[snoblo]

i like java just because they make everything easy. of course c++ is much better

Yeah, during college I was into web development. What's python good for?

python is used for web development as well (google is among the most famous for this), but there are tons of other uses of python. the original bittorrent client is written in python, openoffice uses python scripts, a large amount of linux GUI front-end programs are written with python (often with gtk or similar), and some open source programs allow you to write your own plugins in python (such as pidgin). In general, python is used everywhere in the open source world (in linux look around some system files and you'll find python scripts everywhere!)

 

[Ørion]

Java's just REALLY inefficient. Any program you make in it will run twice as fast in C++ or anything else, really. But Java has the benefit of being very platform independent and stuff, so there's always a trade off.

QFT. Personally, I love C++, it's fast, has OOP (though that's not really a strength compared to Java lol) and I like the syntax of it for some reason.

 

[Diddyknight]

c++, c php, java, are the best ^^

 

[snoblo]

Java's just REALLY inefficient. Any program you make in it will run twice as fast in C++ or anything else, really.

I was under the impression that java was a bit faster than interpreted languages such as python or ruby?

 

[Ørion]

I was under the impression that java was a bit faster than interpreted languages such as python or ruby?

Java might run more quickly than python or ruby, but it is still not as fast as C++.

 

[Pubik Vengeance]

Well, for just starting I would say BASIC, just to get my feet wet. But I like Java.

 

[jmlee337]

I like C, C++, and Python, but the language I know best is....ahem, TI-Basic....
mostly because I don't really write programs except on my calc