best programming language in your opinion?

[magikusar]

I am unsure myself:
I use tcl the most because its easy
I think haskell lisp forth smalltalk are interesting.

What do you like getbig?

[Nails]

I usually use English language to program all my electronics


hope that helps

[magikusar]

I usually use English language to program all my electronics


hope that helps

[Dipadidu]

different purposes, different languages... there is no best language

[Raymondo]

LOL, talk about a thread out of left field.

There is no best programming language, it all depends on what you're trying to do. Trade-offs and compromises are the real questions.

[Stark]

I am unsure myself:
I use tcl the most because its easy
I think haskell lisp forth smalltalk are interesting.

What do you like getbig?

sorry to break it to you, but the Gay lisp is NOT a programing language

[Emmortal]

Depends on what your doing, we use a lot of C and Python at work.

[El Diablo Blanco]

Ruby, Python, Scala are my preferences.  Ask Alex23 what he uses to write the viruses that attack getbig

[_bruce_]

C with a minimal add on of specialized assembler routines(SIMD) if absolutely needed.
But it really depends on the things you're trying to accomplish.

[daddy8ball]

That's like asking what's the best tool in a toolbox.

[magikusar]

sorry to break it to you, but the Gay lisp is NOT a programing language

You sir have obviously never entered the matrix.

[MikMaq]

cobol

[Roger Bacon]

c++

[Marty Champions]

I am unsure myself:
I use tcl the most because its easy
I think haskell lisp forth smalltalk are interesting.

What do you like getbig?

i have an idea for a game will you make it? program it?

[NYSTATEOFMIND]

c++

this..seems like the best programmers have a background in c++ but i hear many investment banking developers are looking at scala/python

[Shockwave]

7.

The correct answer is 7.

[BIG DUB]

pascal

[sync pulse]

Formula Translation

[sync pulse]

• A wife asks her Fortran programmer husband to go to the store;
• The wife says, “Go to store, buy 6 apples, if they have eggs, buy 12.”
• Fortran programmer goes to store and asks, “Do you have eggs?”
• Store clerk says, “yes”
• Fortran programmer says, “Then a dozen apples, please.”

[Roger Bacon]

Sync,

You remind me of Morris from Sling Blade... lol

[sync pulse]

• Q) Why do computer scientists confuse Halloween and Christmas?
  
• A) OCT 31 = DEC 25.

[Primemuscle]

sorry to break it to you, but the Gay lisp is NOT a programing language

Funny!

Lisp - ISO/IEC 13816
Originally specified in 1958, Lisp is the second-oldest high-level programming language in widespread use today; only Fortran is older (by one year). Like Fortran, Lisp has changed a great deal since its early days, and a number of dialects have existed over its history. Today, the most widely known general-purpose Lisp dialects are Common Lisp and Scheme.

[cephissus]

• A wife asks her Fortran programmer husband to go to the store;
• The wife says, “Go to store, buy 6 apples, if they have eggs, buy 12.”
• Fortran programmer goes to store and asks, “Do you have eggs?”
• Store clerk says, “yes”
• Fortran programmer says, “Then a dozen apples, please.”

seriously lolling at this

[James28]

cobol

Is the reason I nearly dropped out at Uni my first year. At 18 I could eat Pascal, Delphi, C variants for lunch, but that SHIT had me pulling my hair. There's still tons of legacy code running at finance/insurance firms. My uncle was still banging out COBOL till 2 years ago. It's mostly just your older programmers that's comfortable in COBOL. When I was still writing code for a living C# was becoming popular so we used that a lot. Or Java.

C variants you'll only use when doing hardcore engineering where you need tight control and code straight to the metal. If you're going to do fancy UI stuff where tight control don't matter as much, C# or Java. IMO

[James28]

And for instant results without fuss. Python. It'll be my first choice.