Programming Languages

Programming Languages ntoll has used:

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LOGO

BBC Basic

QBasic

MOO

C++

VisualBasic

Java

XSLT

PHP

Javascript

Ruby

LISP

Erlang

Python

Clojure

LOGO

1982–1985

First ever experience programming was with Logo at Primary School. I'm now helping my daughter to learn / use it. :-)

BBC Basic

1983–1989

Cut my teeth with BBC Basic. Lots of fond memories of the language and the code. Like @jtauber I spent much of my time playing Elite ;-)

QBasic

1993

Hacked together a silly little script on the *only* available PC at the Royal College of Music. I must've been the only person to use the machine for stuff other than fighting with crappy wordprocessing.

MOO

1994–1995

Learned about OO with this fun little language while I should have been reading for a philosophy degree. Lots of fun in a multi-user development environment with colleagues from all over the world all connected via telnet. Awesome!

2000–2003

Learned it (and C++) during evening classes while I was still a music teacher. Used it extensively during my MSc. Never had need of it since.

C++

2000–2003

Learned it (and C) during evening classes while I was still a music teacher. Used it extensively during my MSc. Never had need of it since.

VisualBasic

2002

Was inflicted upon me as part of my MSc course. Have also had to refactor VB.NET on occasion.

Java

2002–

Learned it during my MSc. Only recently used it in anger for Android development.

XSLT

2002–2003

Spent a lot of time working with XSLT during MSc. Never used it since.

PHP

2002–2003

Used during my MSc to hack together some web-based projects. Nice to "know" it due to ubiquity of tools like Wordpress, Moodle etc...

2003–

My first job after my MSc was in a .NET shop. Spent five years solid commercial experience with this language. Still maintain some code.

Javascript

2003–

Started out as a PIA (mainly due to the browsers) but I've recently really been loving Javascript.

Ruby

2005–2007

Did some Rails when Rails was pre-1.0 and still v.small. Also helped write/maintain a chat-bot library written in Ruby. Mostly forgotten since becoming a Pythonista.

LISP

2008–

Started to read lots of LISP and I'm in the process of learning all about it (and Clojure)

Erlang

2008–

Spent a summer learning Erlang and went to a course and conference. Love the ideas but get annoyed w/syntax. What was Uncle Joe thinking..? (Prolog apparently)

Python

2008–

Have never looked back! ;-)

Clojure

2009–

First heard of / tried out Clojure last year. Have been attending London dojos and determined to get this one under my belt.