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  • C

    19 79.17%

  • C++

    15 62.50%

  • Python

    6 25.00%

  • PERL

    6 25.00%

  • Java

    11 45.83%

  • Shell

    11 45.83%

  • Lisp/Scheme

    3 12.50%

  • Ruby

    2 8.33%

  • Assembly

    10 41.67%

  • Other

    15 62.50%
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What can you use to program? I'm not asking if you've mastered it, just what you can put to use....
  1. 07-12-2009 #1
    JeffGoldblum
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    Post Programming - what do you know?

    What can you use to program? I'm not asking if you've mastered it, just what you can put to use.
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  2. 07-12-2009 #2
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    "shell" would include, let's see: awk, sed, grep, cut &c standard utilities
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  3. 07-12-2009 #3
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    That's what I meant, basically ... shell scripting, utilities, to the level of programming ... experience with shell. Mainly shell scripting, but all the utilities also.
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  4. 07-12-2009 #4
    JeffGoldblum
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    If you don't mind, I would be interested in what the Others are, also ... I already voted, too - C and Perl ... nothing else I feel comfortable enough with to say I've really learned it.
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  5. 07-13-2009 #5
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    What about that all encompassing 'other' category? I can do a smattering of Javascript, C#, VB, SQL, Forth. 25 years ago I could write in machine code on the Z80 (that's assembly language without the assembler, just the opcodes poked into memory), does that count?
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  6. 07-13-2009 #6
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    C, C++, Java, Assembly and VHDL. (and Symbian, it's mostly C++ but it has some special tricks so I thought I could mention it)

    Now I mostly program in C/C++ but still remember enough about the others to get quikly started when needed to.

    One of the most memorable things for me was when I wrote a bootable disk with assembly for the first time. The thing didn't do anything usefull tough, just print something like "djapOS v.0.1" on the sreen and then set up one of the serial ports and started to keep an eye on keyboard so that when something was pressed it would echo the character on sreen and serial port.

    Few months ago I started a project with Qt/C++ from request of my girlfriend to get something for writing diary.
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  7. 07-13-2009 #7
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    To my amaze, C wins uptil now! Wow, I thought I had learnt a lower level language just to rust my mind with rotten books and finished names. Things are different.
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  8. 07-13-2009 #8
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    I sort of didn't expect so many votes for C. I tried to put what I thought were pretty widely used languages and would get quite a few votes for the main ones, but figured a lot of people would choose Other. I've only done a little tinkering with assembly. I can understand what's happening to read it, but other than that I don't know much. I've read things about languages like Lisp/Scheme, Haskell, etc. being good to learn - but I don't see yet why they would be extremely interesting to me. I'm not very advanced when it comes to mathematical knowledge, but I have a large stack of books sitting here on everything from pre-algebra to trig and calculus and geometry. Everything I've learned about so far hasn't really required it at all. C in a Nutshell has been a very good book so far. I'm glad I bought it.
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  9. 07-13-2009 #9
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    c++ and python
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  10. 07-13-2009 #10
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    I have put to use but certainly not an expert in any ... C, assembler, visual basic, Lisp, basic (on PET and C64), Pascal ... limp my way round the console thanks to man pages LinuxCommand.org and Linux Forums
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