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Poll: Favorite Programming Language?

4 points by 999900000999 ↗ HN
For professional use ? Hobbyist use ?

I probably rely on Python and JS when I want to build a side project, but I prefer C# professionally.

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speleolinux
TeX and LaTeX :-) They are turing complete.
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JohnFen
My favorite language, in terms of what I found the most enjoyable to use, was NewtonScript.

My favorite language in terms of one that is actually alive and widely available, is C++-as-a-better-C.

999900000999
When did you start programming?

NewtonScript appears to be an older DSL.

I didn't start writing code until roughly 2011, had no real idea what I was doing until 2015.

JohnFen
I first learned to program as a child in the late '70s, on mainframes. I first programmed professionally in the late '80s. I'm a graybeard. I've even used punched cards unironically!

> had no real idea what I was doing until 2015.

I still don't really know what I'm doing, but that's probably because I prefer taking on tasks that involve things I don't know how to do.

999900000999
I salute you.

I don't think I would of had the drive to work with lower level languages back then. I actually tried C++ first, gave up and then found JavaScript.