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Poll: Quick programming language poll to settle an argument

• Morieris 17y ago
  Thanks for the sweet data! Could I ask for anyone who only knows "other languages", which ones do you mostly use? What sort of field are you in?
  • frossie 17y ago
    Science shop - most of our development is in perl (OO style), C and Fortran, with a smattering of whatever else we are saddled with.
  • kingsley_20 17y ago
    I use scripting languages almost exclusively ( I haven't written C in about 10 yrs). In order of preference, JavaScript, Python & PHP.
  • darkxanthos 17y ago
    C#, Python, Javascript
  • steveklabnik 17y ago
    I use Ruby (via Rails and HacketyHack) the most, but I also code in Haskell, C, Javascript, D... and some others, just not very often.
  • davidw 17y ago
    Ruby, Hecl, Tcl, C, occasionally Javascript and other things like Erlang.
  • awa 17y ago
    C#, Perl, a bit of scheme and lisp.
• davidw 17y ago
  What's the argument? I run www.langpop.com, so I'm interested in these kinds of things.
  • Morieris 17y ago
    Actually a bit of market research for a book. Trying to decide between two cover blurbs: "A programming background in Java or C++ is recommended." or "A background in object-oriented languages is recommended." The book uses some Java and C++ comparisons when introducing new concepts. Edit: Also, awesome site. Thanks for the link!
    • frossie 17y ago
      If the latter phrasing is correct, use that. If you really do need Java or C++ specifically, then use the former.