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tofucake

Hyrule19228 Posts

July 13 2010 23:02 GMT

#221

On July 14 2010 05:06 Epsilon8 wrote:
I think it would be cool if we had a poll on the first post in the thread that allowed you to vote for your favourite language. I would be really interested in that.

There's far too many languages :|

Epsilon8

Canada173 Posts

July 14 2010 01:40 GMT

#222

On July 14 2010 08:02 tofucake wrote:

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There's far too many languages :|

What about the most major of them : P. Like C#, C++, Python, PHP, Visual Basic, Java... the most prevalent

tofucake

Hyrule19228 Posts

July 14 2010 11:38 GMT

#223

Then you've got stuff like "my favorite compiled language is C++, my favorite scripting language is PHP, and my favorite byte-code language is Java". Too many!

ParasitJonte

Sweden1768 Posts

July 14 2010 12:28 GMT

#224

Hmm. Well, obviously some languages fill other purposes than others...

Perhaps you could categorize it somehow instead

?

C#, Java
Ruby, Python
Haskell, ML, F#

...

We need more biologists in computer science since they know how to classify things! Some sort of poll would be interesting anyway. Perhaps, "what language do you use most frequently?".

Craton

United States17294 Posts

July 14 2010 12:37 GMT

#225

On July 13 2010 14:57 Craton wrote:

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On July 13 2010 00:51 Adeny wrote:
See how confusing that is?

Think I got it though, checking out LINQ and it's some really funky stuff.

var lowNums =
        from n in numbers
        where n < 5
        select n;

SQL-syntax for C#...

LINQ is a pretty damn nifty feature. There's a nice blog article pertaining to the cartesian product you're essentially after, but I'll have to get you the link tomorrow at work. It's a bit more than what you need, but it was an interesting read. The jist of it, iirc, was how to go about performing the cartesian linq when you don't know how many sets you have.

Here's the aforementioned link:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2010/06/28/computing-a-cartesian-product-with-linq.aspx

Epsilon8

Canada173 Posts

July 14 2010 13:46 GMT

#226

On July 14 2010 20:38 tofucake wrote:
Then you've got stuff like "my favorite compiled language is C++, my favorite scripting language is PHP, and my favorite byte-code language is Java". Too many!

Alright lol! I'll just assume everyone on TL likes C++ the best then... because it is (jk). From now on I shall only communicate in C++ on TL.

CTStalker

Canada9720 Posts

July 14 2010 13:53 GMT

#227

then you're making an erroneous assumption, for those of us who like to program in racket

sluggaslamoo

Australia4494 Posts

July 14 2010 13:55 GMT

#228

Epsilon, you might want to read this

http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/Invention_of_Cplusplus.shtml

Also you left out FORTRAN, the most badass programming language out there.

catamorphist

United States297 Posts

July 14 2010 14:22 GMT

#229

On July 14 2010 22:53 CTStalker wrote:
then you're making an erroneous assumption, for those of us who like to program in racket

On the scene of every interview I am in:

"I noticed you mentioned Scheme on your resume.."

"Oh, yeah, we had a class in that for a semester. It was pretty confusing."

"

0x64

Finland4628 Posts

July 14 2010 15:29 GMT

#230

We shall build and release TLAPI, whatever it shall do, awesome it would be.

zatic

Zurich15366 Posts

July 14 2010 17:15 GMT

#231

You mean like this? http://www.teamliquid.net/api/

Before you get excited, API project is frozen at the moment.

tofucake

Hyrule19228 Posts

July 14 2010 17:59 GMT

#232

Let's not forget MIPS ant 8086 assembly. Those are definitely the best languages to use for any purpose at all.

LetMeLiveABit

Malaysia20 Posts

July 14 2010 18:27 GMT

#233

On July 15 2010 02:15 zatic wrote:
You mean like this? http://www.teamliquid.net/api/

Before you get excited, API project is frozen at the moment.

!!!!!

Demo isn't currently working though.

Craton

United States17294 Posts

July 14 2010 18:42 GMT

#234

On July 15 2010 02:15 zatic wrote:
You mean like this? http://www.teamliquid.net/api/

Before you get excited, API project is frozen at the moment.

oshit

When is it gonna get thawed?

Adeny

Norway1233 Posts

July 14 2010 19:14 GMT

#235

Yay, finished my 30th Project Euler task. The last 7 of which in C#. So far, kinda liking C#.

Epsilon8

Canada173 Posts

July 14 2010 20:25 GMT

#236

On July 14 2010 22:53 CTStalker wrote:
then you're making an erroneous assumption, for those of us who like to program in racket

Never heard of racket

On July 14 2010 22:55 sluggaslamoo wrote:
Epsilon, you might want to read this

http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/Invention_of_Cplusplus.shtml

Also you left out FORTRAN, the most badass programming language out there.

This can't be true lol. Although, if it is... I don't think I'd have a hard time believing it lol.

alexpnd

Canada1857 Posts

July 14 2010 20:31 GMT

#237

I work in PHP and javascript atm. For web and RAD I want to get more into Python well because, it's a bw map and my experience/exposure to the language has been very positive. Knowing a moderate amount of C++ would a huge bonus...

Pawsom

United States928 Posts

July 14 2010 20:37 GMT

#238

On July 15 2010 05:25 Epsilon8 wrote:

Show nested quote +

Never heard of racket

Show nested quote +

This can't be true lol. Although, if it is... I don't think I'd have a hard time believing it lol.

Lol its not true, but funny still.

terr0r

United States90 Posts

July 14 2010 21:48 GMT

#239

On July 15 2010 05:31 alexpnd wrote:
I want to get more into Python well because, it's a bw map...

LMFAO!

I've been developing for the web for a while now (10 years?). If you're looking to get into the back-end stuff I'd still recommend PHP as a starting point right now. I feel that languages like Python and Ruby are poised to take the crown of most commonly used language from PHP eventually, but right now it is the most widely supported, documented and easiest to get started with.

Most web hosts run PHP by default so you can find them cheaply. Python (using Django) is done nicely but has a host of small issues in terms of support. You will likely have to have your host make some adjustments in order for you to get it running, if at all. Ruby (via Rails) has more support but as previously mentioned the current implementation is resource hungry and has scalability issues related to that. I like Django over Rails personally though I like Rails Active Record over Django's ORM (Datbase handling layer). PHP has a slew of widely used frameworks though my hands down favorite is Code Igniter (http://codeigniter.com/).

Another problem with learning Djano is that there are not a lot of tutorial/screencasts relevant to the current version. A lot of their screencasts are outdated and I like watching screenies to get a quick overview of how the Framework works. Frameworks are invaluable assets for a Web Developer as they handle a lot of the lower-level business logic that you will use from site to site (RSS Feeds, Administrative interfaces, Session handling, Caching, etc.).

I don't think PHP is the best language out there right now, but it is the best STARTER language currently.

night terrors

China1284 Posts

July 15 2010 04:53 GMT

#240

Im sorry if the following post is unappropiate for this thread. I don't know where else to ask for this:

I've been having trouble with gdiplus.dll; the file is, most likely, corrupt. I wanted to ask someone in the community who runs on Windows XP for a copy of this .dll to install onto my system32 folder.

Thanks in advance.

Again- Im sorry if this isnt the thread. I read the OP and it didnt seem that far fetched to ask for this here.