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Deneidez on 10 November 2008
Cypher1980 said:
One word of warning about C and C++

There tends to be a snobby attitiude about using C++ as a superior coding platform but nine times out of ten C will get the job done and will be quicker to code.

I would say that in any case C is much more effective and well mostly it is also quicker to code. However OO is there because of size of projects and need for some sort of capsulation. Keeping millions of lines together in procedural world is just too hard. OO does it nearly automatically for you. Also I wouldn't use C or C++ if I would have to code simple egg clock for example. Java or python would be much better suited for that job. They are much easier and quicker to use and it doesn't matter even if the program takes more cycles than c++ version of it. Just like it would be overkill to use asm for everything to get as fast program as there is. Usually theres no need to make fast program, but working program.



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Strategyking92 on 10 November 2008

coding, programming... I don't know the difference when I'm not thinking about it, I'm still a noob.



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mike_intellivision on 10 November 2008

BASIC on an HP-2000 mainframe (it is all caps because it is an acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code). Later I used variants such as Apple BASIC (on Apple II and Coleco Adam) and Commodore BASIC (including Simon's BASIC) for the C64.

I also learned FORTRAN (Formula Transfer) on an HP-3000 mainframe, Pascal on a Prime mainframe, and FORTH on a C64 (gotta love reverse Polish notation).

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mtofu on 10 November 2008

basic, c, c++, java

i don't program anymore but i'd like to get back into it... if i wasn't so horrible at it.



FJ-Warez on 10 November 2008

Pascal, ASP, C/C++ at the same time :P...



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vlad321 on 10 November 2008
Deneidez said:
Cypher1980 said:
One word of warning about C and C++

There tends to be a snobby attitiude about using C++ as a superior coding platform but nine times out of ten C will get the job done and will be quicker to code.

I would say that in any case C is much more effective and well mostly it is also quicker to code. However OO is there because of size of projects and need for some sort of capsulation. Keeping millions of lines together in procedural world is just too hard. OO does it nearly automatically for you. Also I wouldn't use C or C++ if I would have to code simple egg clock for example. Java or python would be much better suited for that job. They are much easier and quicker to use and it doesn't matter even if the program takes more cycles than c++ version of it. Just like it would be overkill to use asm for everything to get as fast program as there is. Usually theres no need to make fast program, but working program.

A programmer is like a plumber. By himself he can't do anything. He also can't just walk around with a monkey wrench and do everythign with it, hammer, screw in, tighten, etc. Languages are the tols so everything has a nice language which would be done on the easiest for the best performance. That said, I love C because it lets you run with scissors in one hand and a loaded gun to your head in the other when it comes to manipulating the hardware. It's perfect for drivers and other such stuff.



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theprof00 on 10 November 2008

HTML so far. lol, LBP soon.
I hope to take something else in the future, something monetarily valued. But, I take both Japanese and French right now so its a little difficult to get free time.



twesterm on 10 November 2008
theprof00 said:

HTML so far. lol, LBP soon.
I hope to take something else in the future, something monetarily valued. But, I take both Japanese and French right now so its a little difficult to get free time.

 

LBP isn't a programming language, it's an editor (and before you say it, an editor is absolutely not a programming language).



 

vlad321 on 10 November 2008
twesterm said:
theprof00 said:

HTML so far. lol, LBP soon.
I hope to take something else in the future, something monetarily valued. But, I take both Japanese and French right now so its a little difficult to get free time.

 

LBP isn't a programming language, it's an editor (and before you say it, an editor is absolutely not a programming language).

 

 

I don't see why or how HTML counts as a programming language as well



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twesterm on 10 November 2008
vlad321 said:
twesterm said:
theprof00 said:

HTML so far. lol, LBP soon.
I hope to take something else in the future, something monetarily valued. But, I take both Japanese and French right now so its a little difficult to get free time.

 

LBP isn't a programming language, it's an editor (and before you say it, an editor is absolutely not a programming language).

 

 

I don't see why or how HTML counts as a programming language as well

I barely count HTML as a programming language.  It's super simple and limited, but it's still a programming language, just not one I would brag about knowing.

It's like saying you're awesome in VB.Net: of course you're awesome at VB.Net, it does everything for you.