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What is your favourite programming language?

Survey period: 11 Aug 2014 to 18 Aug 2014

Yes - it's hard to pick one, and yes, the language you use depends on the problem. But assume you can choose the problem. Which dialect suits you best?

OptionVotes% 
BASIC63114.40
C2275.18
C++59313.53
C#2,00245.69
Objective C140.32
COBOL240.55
F#80.18
FORTRAN240.55
Java2766.30
Javascript1252.85
PHP1312.99
Python1142.60
Ruby240.55
Swift160.37
Other1733.95



 
GeneralC++, C# Pin
Domus191925-Sep-14 22:09
Domus191925-Sep-14 22:09 
GeneralWhere is Visual FoxPro? Pin
Riadh Ben Arfi18-Aug-14 6:59
Riadh Ben Arfi18-Aug-14 6:59 
GeneralNobody develop with Delphi? Pin
richihu18-Aug-14 2:24
richihu18-Aug-14 2:24 
GeneralRe: Nobody develop with Delphi? Pin
arabed18-Aug-14 10:28
professionalarabed18-Aug-14 10:28 
GeneralRe: Nobody develop with Delphi? Pin
richihu18-Aug-14 22:32
richihu18-Aug-14 22:32 
GeneralRe: Nobody develop with Delphi? Pin
Member 1090309030-Sep-14 2:58
Member 1090309030-Sep-14 2:58 
GeneralIBM 370390 Assembler Pin
j7717-Aug-14 9:52
j7717-Aug-14 9:52 
GeneralOf course C# on a Windows forum :) Pin
alex.barylski15-Aug-14 10:46
alex.barylski15-Aug-14 10:46 
GeneralReally, only 4% chose Other? Pin
Qwertie15-Aug-14 5:40
Qwertie15-Aug-14 5:40 
GeneralJavascript is programming language?? Pin
Anurag Gandhi14-Aug-14 23:26
professionalAnurag Gandhi14-Aug-14 23:26 
GeneralRe: Javascript is programming language?? Pin
Ingo15-Aug-14 2:09
Ingo15-Aug-14 2:09 
GeneralRe: Javascript is programming language?? Pin
alex.barylski15-Aug-14 10:51
alex.barylski15-Aug-14 10:51 
GeneralRe: Javascript is programming language?? Pin
Anurag Gandhi15-Aug-14 18:47
professionalAnurag Gandhi15-Aug-14 18:47 
GeneralRe: Javascript is programming language?? Pin
Niklas L16-Aug-14 11:14
Niklas L16-Aug-14 11:14 
GeneralRe: Javascript is programming language?? Pin
Brisingr Aerowing16-Aug-14 18:03
professionalBrisingr Aerowing16-Aug-14 18:03 
GeneralRe: Javascript is programming language?? Pin
Rob Grainger17-Aug-14 0:53
Rob Grainger17-Aug-14 0:53 
I'm no fan of JavaScript, there's plenty of bad bits, but to say it is not a programming language is utterly ridiculous.

If your critieria is compiling to machine code, most of the languages on that list are gone: C#, Java and VB.NET all target .NET Intermediate Representation.

Actually, most JavaScript interpreters do convert the JS to machine code, just a lot later. In some ways this is preferable, as you have the full context of the call so some optimisations are available with JIT compilation that are not available when compiling direct to machine code.

Wikipedia defines a Programming Language as "A programming language is a formal constructed language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs to control the behavior of a machine or to express algorithms." All the languages listed, and many more fit this description. Even if you dislike a particular language and would avoid it like the plague, it remains a programming language.

Yes, even PHP.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.

GeneralMarginally interesting Pin
User 5924114-Aug-14 23:07
User 5924114-Aug-14 23:07 
GeneralBrilliant ! Pin
Mike Gledhill14-Aug-14 22:49
Mike Gledhill14-Aug-14 22:49 
GeneralSo it shows Pin
Cristian Amarie14-Aug-14 21:55
Cristian Amarie14-Aug-14 21:55 
GeneralPopularity of programming languages Pin
Edwig Huisman14-Aug-14 21:23
Edwig Huisman14-Aug-14 21:23 
GeneralRe: Popularity of programming languages Pin
Rob Grainger17-Aug-14 1:02
Rob Grainger17-Aug-14 1:02 
GeneralJCL Pin
Andy Bantly14-Aug-14 10:17
Andy Bantly14-Aug-14 10:17 
GeneralRe: JCL Pin
RugbyLeague14-Aug-14 22:06
RugbyLeague14-Aug-14 22:06 
GeneralThen why are languages like Java / Javascript still the most commonly used? Pin
Marc Clifton14-Aug-14 7:33
mvaMarc Clifton14-Aug-14 7:33 
GeneralRe: Then why are languages like Java / Javascript still the most commonly used? Pin
StatementTerminator14-Aug-14 8:16
StatementTerminator14-Aug-14 8:16 

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