Programming Languages

Programming Languages zeroaltitude has used:

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Commodore BASIC

Perl

Javascript

Java

XSLT

PHP

Python

Objective-C

Ruby

Commodore BASIC

1983–1988

I adored learning to program on the VIC and Commodore.

Perl

1995–

This is the language I learned to program in, and despite its highly write-only nature, I will always like it.

Javascript

1995–

Javascript is the new Lisp in the following sense: it is the most accessible introduction to Functional Programming that a programmer is likely to get outside of an academic program.

1997–

I continue to find myself running against the grain as far as C goes. I love it. If I am doing something low-level with networking, imaging or filesystem stuff, it's my go-to language. Modern libraries and APIs, such as are present in APR, ImageMagic and libcurl, soften the blow of the harder parts of working in C.

Java

1999–

Love/hate relationship with Java. Comparing it with Python, it's too ponderous (though I don't really mind type-checking). On the other hand, there's a certain slice of cool stuff you can do both on the client- and server-side that keeps me writing Java.

XSLT

2000–2003

Dear heaven above, please let me never have to write anything in XSLT ever again.

PHP

2004–2005

Traditionally, PHP has had the bad reputation of encouraging users to mix logic with presentation. It's very Perl-y, so accessible, but I don't know if it has made it out of the woods as far as my first concern goes.

Python

2005–

Python is a great combination of simple and powerful. The best thing I can say about it is that when you think you have a mental picture of how something should work, it almost always works precisely that way in Python. It's a programmer's programming language.

2005–2006

Passing stint writing a Windows shell extension. Interesting stuff.

Objective-C

2009–

iPhone programming.

Ruby

2010–

Learning!