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Is the programming language you first learned one of the top 20 most popular?

Survey period: 1 Oct 2012 to 8 Oct 2012

For the sake of the survey we'll use this list as our Top 20, and further, variations on your first language (BASIC to Visual Basic, Pascal to Object Pascal) can be considered as the "same" language.

OptionVotes% 
Yes1,35276.86
No36220.58
I never learned a programming language.452.56



 
GeneralYes Pin
Prasad_Kulkarni1-Oct-12 0:19
Prasad_Kulkarni1-Oct-12 0:19 
QuestionIs this "list" a butt list? Pin
Slacker0071-Oct-12 0:10
professionalSlacker0071-Oct-12 0:10 
AnswerRe: Is this "list" a butt list? Pin
Gary Wheeler1-Oct-12 0:37
Gary Wheeler1-Oct-12 0:37 
GeneralRe: Is this "list" a butt list? Pin
ed welch1-Oct-12 3:43
ed welch1-Oct-12 3:43 
GeneralI must be getting old Pin
fd975030-Sep-12 23:35
professionalfd975030-Sep-12 23:35 
GeneralRe: I must be getting old Pin
James Kosin1-Oct-12 5:20
James Kosin1-Oct-12 5:20 
GeneralBASIC, then Assembler Pin
Thomas Freudenberg30-Sep-12 23:11
Thomas Freudenberg30-Sep-12 23:11 
GeneralAbsolutely not! Pin
OriginalGriff30-Sep-12 22:24
mveOriginalGriff30-Sep-12 22:24 
It was COBOL...

The first language they taught you on my Uni course was Cobol. On punched cards.

And the second was Fortran.

When you got to year 2, they started on "languages with curly brackets in" and taught you ALGOL. Which had no curly brackets in. Then Pascal, which didn't either.
There are times when I wonder why I went on that course...
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

GeneralRe: Absolutely not! Pin
Gary Wheeler1-Oct-12 0:34
Gary Wheeler1-Oct-12 0:34 
GeneralRe: Absolutely not! Pin
OriginalGriff1-Oct-12 0:42
mveOriginalGriff1-Oct-12 0:42 
GeneralRe: Absolutely not! Pin
Gary Wheeler1-Oct-12 0:45
Gary Wheeler1-Oct-12 0:45 
GeneralBASIC for 8bit PC Pin
Plamen Kovandjiev30-Sep-12 22:15
professionalPlamen Kovandjiev30-Sep-12 22:15 
GeneralCommodore BASIC Pin
Palavos30-Sep-12 21:36
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GeneralRe: Commodore BASIC Pin
StM0n30-Sep-12 22:25
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derek99991-Oct-12 2:50
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Palavos1-Oct-12 3:07
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GeneralRe: Commodore BASIC Pin
derek99991-Oct-12 3:10
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GeneralRe: Commodore BASIC Pin
mojp1-Oct-12 3:41
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GeneralRe: Commodore BASIC Pin
GritsP2-Oct-12 9:12
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GeneralRe: Commodore BASIC Pin
Palavos1-Oct-12 13:19
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GeneralRe: Commodore BASIC Pin
Palavos1-Oct-12 13:27
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GeneralRe: Commodore BASIC Pin
derek99993-Oct-12 4:00
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GeneralDoes anyone remember... Pin
M.Vo.30-Sep-12 21:24
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GeneralRe: Does anyone remember... Pin
Palavos30-Sep-12 21:35
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pintel1-Oct-12 0:21
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