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What language/technology inspired you to be a developer?

Survey period: 16 Mar 2015 to 23 Mar 2015

We can't list them all, so add a comment to give your inspiration a shout-out. If you have more than one inspiration, pick the first.

OptionVotes% 
BASIC58331.86
A scripting language (eg VBScript, Javascript, AppleScript)553.01
A simple procedural (eg C, Pascal, Modula)24413.33
An Object Oriented language (eg. C++, Java, Objective C or Delphi)40722.24
Something Old school (eg COBOL, Fortran)985.36
A Data manipulation language (eg SQL, dBase, Clipper, Visual FoxPro)502.73
Markup (eg. XML, HTML)522.84
An Analysis language (eg MatLab, R)50.27
Something Web-oriented (ASP, PHP)754.10
Assembly. (go in, go hard)1256.83
Other1146.23
I'm not a developer221.20



 
Generalit's always C Pin
Andres Cassagnes17-Mar-15 1:48
Andres Cassagnes17-Mar-15 1:48 
GeneralMissing option??? Pin
Johnny J.17-Mar-15 1:46
professionalJohnny J.17-Mar-15 1:46 
GeneralNot so much a language as a notation? Pin
John Nurick17-Mar-15 1:24
John Nurick17-Mar-15 1:24 
GeneralGemini Pin
Gary Wheeler17-Mar-15 0:32
Gary Wheeler17-Mar-15 0:32 
General8080, Z80, 8085, 80286, 80386, 80486 Pin
AndyKEnZ16-Mar-15 23:17
AndyKEnZ16-Mar-15 23:17 
GeneralRe: 8080, Z80, 8085, 80286, 80386, 80486 Pin
Herbie Mountjoy17-Mar-15 1:35
professionalHerbie Mountjoy17-Mar-15 1:35 
GeneralRe: 8080, Z80, 8085, 80286, 80386, 80486 Pin
Peter Grogono17-Mar-15 4:42
Peter Grogono17-Mar-15 4:42 
GeneralOther - PL/I Pin
Great Crested Dave16-Mar-15 22:13
Great Crested Dave16-Mar-15 22:13 
It was a toss-up between PL/I or COBOL running on networked CP/M machines. Having experienced COBOL at university I decided to try something different when it came to work (recently created IT department where the junior programmer got to choose the development tools). It served us very well for a long time (well, 3 years or so) until the IBM PC's came along. I do miss using WordStar as an editor; it was the only way of editing files larger than 32k (if I recall correctly).
GeneralJavascript Pin
Hardeep Saggi16-Mar-15 21:30
Hardeep Saggi16-Mar-15 21:30 
GeneralC# Pin
Subramanyam Shankar16-Mar-15 20:09
professionalSubramanyam Shankar16-Mar-15 20:09 
GeneralLisp Pin
irneb16-Mar-15 20:02
irneb16-Mar-15 20:02 
GeneralOther - Visual Basic 6.0 Pin
Debabrata_Das16-Mar-15 19:33
professionalDebabrata_Das16-Mar-15 19:33 
GeneralRe: Other - Visual Basic 6.0 Pin
Fabio Franco17-Mar-15 0:52
professionalFabio Franco17-Mar-15 0:52 
GeneralRe: Other - Visual Basic 6.0 Pin
Debabrata_Das17-Mar-15 0:54
professionalDebabrata_Das17-Mar-15 0:54 
GeneralRe: Other - Visual Basic 6.0 Pin
Rob Grainger20-Mar-15 0:21
Rob Grainger20-Mar-15 0:21 
GeneralNot a programming language Pin
Joan M16-Mar-15 7:19
professionalJoan M16-Mar-15 7:19 
GeneralBasic punched on paper tape Pin
jkirkerx16-Mar-15 7:01
professionaljkirkerx16-Mar-15 7:01 
GeneralBASIC Pin
James Kosin16-Mar-15 6:50
James Kosin16-Mar-15 6:50 
GeneralRe: BASIC Pin
RogelioP / EX DE,HL17-Mar-15 0:22
professionalRogelioP / EX DE,HL17-Mar-15 0:22 
GeneralOther - VBA + SQL Pin
Maciej Los16-Mar-15 5:27
mveMaciej Los16-Mar-15 5:27 
General**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** PinPopular
materica16-Mar-15 5:01
materica16-Mar-15 5:01 
GeneralRe: **** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** Pin
Maciej Los16-Mar-15 5:34
mveMaciej Los16-Mar-15 5:34 
GeneralRe: **** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** Pin
User 1013254616-Mar-15 23:07
User 1013254616-Mar-15 23:07 
GeneralRe: **** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** Pin
Orjan Westin17-Mar-15 1:58
professionalOrjan Westin17-Mar-15 1:58 
GeneralRe: **** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 **** Pin
gervacleto17-Mar-15 2:18
professionalgervacleto17-Mar-15 2:18 

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