Poll: Quick programming language poll to settle an argument
- 4 points
I know Java or C++
- 41 points
I know Java or C++, in addition to other languages
- 11 points
I don't know Java or C++, but I know other languages
- 1 point
I don't know programming languages
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Thanks for the sweet data! Could I ask for anyone who only knows "other languages", which ones do you mostly use? What sort of field are you in?
I use scripting languages almost exclusively ( I haven't written C in about 10 yrs). In order of preference, JavaScript, Python & PHP.
Science shop - most of our development is in perl (OO style), C and Fortran, with a smattering of whatever else we are saddled with.
Ruby, Hecl, Tcl, C, occasionally Javascript and other things like Erlang.
C#, Perl, a bit of scheme and lisp.
C#, Python, Javascript
I use Ruby (via Rails and HacketyHack) the most, but I also code in Haskell, C, Javascript, D... and some others, just not very often.
What's the argument? I run www.langpop.com, so I'm interested in these kinds of things.
Actually a bit of market research for a book. Trying to decide between two cover blurbs: "A programming background in Java or C++ is recommended." or "A background in object-oriented languages is recommended."
The book uses some Java and C++ comparisons when introducing new concepts.
Edit: Also, awesome site. Thanks for the link!
If the latter phrasing is correct, use that. If you really do need Java or C++ specifically, then use the former.