Programming Languages

Programming Languages drakkos has used:

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BASIC

Commodore BASIC

Sinclair BASIC

BBC Basic

AmigaBASIC

COMAL

Prolog

x86 Assembly

DCL

VisualBasic

Java

C++

LPC

Perl

PHP

Python

Pike

Lua

BASIC

1984–

We all learned basic at one point. It's what made us the twisted, hateful shells of humanity that we are.

Commodore BASIC

1984–

First programming language I ever started to use, way back when I was little.

Sinclair BASIC

1985–

The language of the first computer I ever owned. Remember when magazines used to have code listings for entire games? Remember the awful autocomplete on the ZX 81? I still have the manual for this somewhere too.

BBC Basic

1988–1990

Used to play about with it in primary school.

AmigaBASIC

1990–1996

I LOVED MY AMIGA

COMAL

1994–1996

Primary language (or at least, a variant called Unicomal) taught during high school.

Prolog

1994–1996

Part of the higher computing curriculum.

x86 Assembly

1996–

Learned in univeristy, plus I used to teach it a bit.

DCL

1996–1998

The major O/S that was used at my undergrad university was VMS, and I spent two happy years (before they scrapped it) exploring the system and the scripting language associated with it.

1996–

Learned in university, plus was my 'first language' for a long time.

VisualBasic

1997–

Learned in university, plus it's a language I have been forced to teach on more than one occassion.

Java

1998–

Learned in university, and it became my first language after prolonged exposure. Wrote a couple of texts on the subject which are freely available at http://www.monkeys-at-keyboards.com

C++

1998–

Learned in University, and also one of the languages I teach. I hate it though, it's a terrible hell language.

LPC

1999–

Ah, LPC - the most niche of the languages I know. Started off with writing LPC on Discworld MUD, and continue to write it even to this day. I also wrote a couple of texts on the subject of LPC coding using the Discworld mudlib, available at http://www.monkeys-at-keyboards.com

Perl

2002

Played with it a little for building server side web apps for an early web page. Hate it with a passion.

2002–

Learned C# and ASP .NET to develop the Ecologics waste management software. It's not as glamarous as it sounds.

PHP

2003–

Experimentation and teaching only. Far from my favourite language.

Python

2005–2006

Experimentation only

Pike

2007

Experimented with it briefly because of its roots in LPC

Lua

2007–2008

Scripting of several WoW add-ons (I know, I am very sad)