What's Your Favorite Language?

Infin8Cyn · Post by **Infin8Cyn** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 5:31 am

I actually started in VB and did some very tough coding. I took the libraries that C++ uses for networking, and wrote handlers in VB so that C++ could control the special flags on packets that VB normally couldn't. This was at the time when DoS's and OOB attacks weer starting up. I wanted to write an OOB spammer in VB to be different. But, I wrote the handlers, got bored and quit. Never have heard anybody take on quite a task...

Saphid · Post by **Saphid** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 12:48 pm

I know VB best Because thats all i have been bothered learning ( and thats all we did in SDD at school) i am going to learn C, C++ and others AFTER my HSC

Dr. Tower · Post by **Dr. Tower** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:59 pm

I like different languages based on what I'm going to use them for. If it is all string manipulation, or file input/ouput with a bit of formatting and a few operations, perl is great as it is really easy to do file IO and it was practically build for string manipulations.

If I want it to be very portable with no cpu dependant defines and what not, I'll write it in java.

If I want it to be fast, plan on running it only on a few machines, and it is a hefty project, probably C++ (I have never used regular C)

If it is very computationally intensive and is not too big of a project, I'll right it in fortran (still the fastest compiled language out there, but not much faster than C/C++)

As for my favorite though, probably perl. As for the one that I will be using a bit in the coming future, that would be C++. I'm going to start a project that models materials (specifically semiconductors) so that I can model the material behavioor in a finite element way which will either help or become my PhD thesis. Hopefully it will just help, because that way, I can keep it and sell it. To give you an idea, Fluent (a computational fluid dynamics code) costs around $20,000 per lisence. Of course the big problem will be writing for scalability on multiple processors. If I felt really comfortable in fortran (which I don't) I might do the project in that. But my idea so far is to build a material architecture that utilizes class inheritance. That and the only fortran compiler I have is g77, which does not have all the features of fortran 95.

The Shadow · Post by **The Shadow** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 8:03 pm

Pascal is currently what I do my programming in , although I fondly remember GW-BASIC. I'm using pascal right now because my (HS) programming class is in it right now(or will be when the class starts second semester), and I can't afford a copy of C++, not to mention the books for it.

Dr. Tower · Post by **Dr. Tower** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 8:21 pm

if you have linux, C++ is free, plus, an O'Reilly book on it is probably about $30, a whole lot cheaper than most text books (which, of course you never have to buy in High School).

You can also find some free compilers (links to them, I haven't checked if they are warez or not, but a quick look lead me to believe they aren't) here

V'Lyandra · Post by **V'Lyandra** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 8:51 pm

My favorite language is Ook. It's the awesomest language EVER.

Ok, I'm kidding. Ook is cool, as a concept, but it's a nightmare to work with. I dabble in both C++ and Java. However, I, as well, fondly remember BASIC. Ah, BASIC... what fine days those were....

amlthrawn · Post by **amlthrawn** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 12:43 am

Ah, BASIC... what fine days those were....

BASIC was a fun lagnuage to work with. The only problem with basic was the bad habits you could get yourself into... like GOTO.

zaitcev · Post by **zaitcev** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 2:44 am

Funny how many posters mention C and C++ in the same sentence, even though
the spirit and the nature of them are radically different. C is balanced, elegant, powerful,
procedural. C++ is ridiculously bloated, unorthogonal, clumsy, powerful like the dark
side of the force.

http://people.redhat.com/zaitcev/Solari ... .interview

Of course, Pascal gets the cookie as the worst language ever to become popular
(Even a concept of a pointer is wrong in Pascal, therefore Turbo Pascal adopted
C pointers with @ and ADR()).

Millsy · Post by **Millsy** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 4:51 am

Anything that use .net at the end.

Everything makes so much more dam sense now

Though that could just be experience talking.

Saphid · Post by **Saphid** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 11:51 am

i'm not sure but if you school has a copy of C++ you may be allow to borrow (legal or not i'm not sure if your covered by the liecence i know teachers are) a copy

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 12:08 pm

Could you please tell my what 'a copy of C++' is?

Mandor · Post by **Mandor** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 12:23 pm

The languages I use the most are PHP (for web developement), Perl (for cronned scripts and daemon), and C++ (for binaries).

TheDudeOnTheCouch · Post by **TheDudeOnTheCouch** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 10:13 pm

I'm learning how to write in both Java and C++ at the time. I hope to start working on some projects soon.

RyuuNoSenshi · Post by **RyuuNoSenshi** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 4:27 am

Whew....you people write all kinds of things when I'm not around ^^;;

Umm Towerboy, C++ can run on almost anything that has a complier. C++ can be compiled on PC systems, Mac, Playstation 2, and a ton of others. Linux, being mostly written in C/C++ has been ported to almost anything that can support an OS. And since most distros of linux come with GCC you have something to compile code with. C++ is one of the most flexible languages in exsistance and has spawned a quite a few other languages.

*stares at the blue light from his LED case fan* Pretty.....^^;;

Dr. Tower · Post by **Dr. Tower** » Wed Aug 06, 2003 2:41 pm

Yes, I know that C++ can run on anything that has a C++ compiler, I was just pointing out that it comes free with linux, not that it only comes with linux. If you go to the site that I linked it also has compilers for other operating systems as well. The person was complaining about not having enough money to buy C++, and I was pointing out where it is free.

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