How many languages do you speak well?

[ryoder 1,590]

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FORTRAN is missing (as well as the more obvious "English").

A seriously flawed poll.

Well, if you are going to include that, then:
- Fortran
- COBOL
- BASIC
- Prolog
- LISP
- C
- C++
- Java
- Perl
- Shell, (Bourne, C, Korn)
- 6809 Assembly

No HTML?

I overlooked that, probably as well as some others.

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

[wmw999 2,589]

When I was in college, we had family-style dining; once a week some kids would get together and do a language table; they'd pick the language of the evening and have at it.

Yes, one night the language chosen was COBOL. At least it wasn't assembler

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[wmw999 2,589]

Here are two ways of looking at the results as of right now. To get an idea of why data isn't always perfectly clear, these are both completely accurate right now.

But the story they tell is different.

One chart just shows the number of responders (i.e. 20 US-ians speak only one language, etc).

The other chart shows the number as a percentage of that group (i.e. over 50% of US-ians speak only one language, etc).

So when people show you charts and tell you it's the truth, that's why you don't just believe it.

Please now return to postwhoring

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)