Programming Languages

Programming Languages quakehead has used:

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QBasic

C++

x86 Assembly

Perl

Java

Z80 Assembly

AWK

sed

Scheme

bash

Python

PHP

TeX

Javascript

TI-BASIC

Ruby

Haskell

QBasic

1998

Wrote my first program in this.

2002–

Found K&R on my bookshelf and started reading.

C++

2003–

x86 Assembly

2003–2007

From knowing only JE, JNE, JMP, and NOP to knowing how memory management works and different operation modes is a big step.

Perl

2004–

All hackers use perl! Was turned off by all the single character text operators, but I got over it. Yep, it's the 800-pound swiss army chain saw of programming languages. Who needs other tools if they've got perl?

Java

2006–2007

Too many redundant libraries and long names!

Z80 Assembly

2007

Is this basically 8086 assembly? Yeah, managing those memory pages sucked. It's so awkward and arbitrary.

AWK

2007–2009

Kept seeing it used a lot by Linux users.

sed

2007–2008

Sed oneliners are cool.

Scheme

2007–

Hello, Dr. Scheme.

bash

2007–

Writing custom scripts.

Python

2008–

Went through Dive Into Python. This is where I really learned about regular expressions.

PHP

2008

Everything is in a global namespace? Grrr...

TeX

2008–

Learn the syntax in 5 minutes, then just look at the reference? Maybe I'm wrong.

Javascript

2008–

Didn't want to waste time with it, but kept seeing it "everywhere" on the web.

TI-BASIC

2008

Added a function to a ti-82 that was only on ti-84.

Ruby

2008–

This language is so beautiful it makes me cry, as if there's a big onion near my computer.

Haskell

2009–

I know how to add two numbers and define functions. Does that count? :P

2009

Was jealous of extremely short solutions to ProjectEuler problems. Very compact indeed.