Programming choices

[theonlyski 8]

So, thinking about getting back into programming things, been a while I guess. Which do you use/prefer and why?

I have Visual Studio Pro 2012 and XCode (different machines).

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[ryoder 1,590]

Doh!
One option is fun to play with for hours, and the others aren't.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[AggieDave 6]

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Doh!
One option is fun to play with for hours, and the others aren't.

If you're good at the others, then the fun option is rare...




C or GTFO

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[oldwomanc6 60]

I voted boobies, because I have them, and the other options?

Wait, I thought all guys are visual basic.

There's your answer!

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[nigel99 616]

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So, thinking about getting back into programming things, been a while I guess. Which do you use/prefer and why?

I have Visual Studio Pro 2012 and XCode (different machines).

Visual C, because I do more embedded programming (in C) so it is more familiar when I have to do windows stuff. C# is pretty efficient but I haven't used it much.

Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

[FlyingRhenquest 1]

Gnu C++, Make and Emacs on Linux. Mostly because I'm comfortable on Linux. With the C standard library, you have full control over the OS, and the tools to support development on Linux are extremely robust. Among must-haves I always install are Cscope, the GNU debugger, the electric fence library and cppunit. I'm very much a fan of writing unit tests as I go. I'm not yet as gung-ho about it as some of the test first guys, but I think unit tests are essential to good software development.

I find C++ to be underrated as a language. With good practices, you can write code to be pretty much bulletproof. You have to let its type safety work for you, though. Most programmers don't do that. Actually most programmers don't use C++.

I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

[popsjumper 2]

...I prefer
- The Learning Channel
- History Channel
- PBS
- Military Channel
- Whichever ones play Bugs Bunny cartoons
- And just to round out my education,
I'd watch the Boobie Channel if they had one.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
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[JackC1 0]

C#

[jcd11235 0]

brainfuck

Nothing else comes close to matching it's simplicity or versatility (except maybe P'').

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[theonlyski 8]

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brainfuck

Nothing else comes close to matching it's simplicity or versatility (except maybe P'').

++++++++++[>+++++++>++++++++++>+++>+++.>+.+++++++..+++.>++..+++.------.--------.>+.>.

I want something USEFUL.

Trying to count +'s and -'s isn't going to make my ADHD any better.

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[riddler 0]

C# or Java. Both have a lot of market value.

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