Jay-qu Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 Ok so which do you know? not picking favorites, or the best, just what you know how to use. I dont choose them if you have dabbled and know a bit here and there, I mean can use it and possibly create something usefull. :D I apologise if I missed any important ones.. only 10 spots to work with, just put them below ;) get voting, discuss below J Quote
Tormod Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 ColdFusion is my main scripting language, but I have basic knowledge of PHP and ASP as well. I've built sites with each of those. Quote
Chacmool Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 I'm afraid I know almost nothing about computers. I can only just get mine switched on without help. :D I've only ever HEARD of Java, C/C++, Fortran, PHP and VB, but I have no idea whatsoever what they are used for or what the difference is between all of them (so off to Wiki I go...) Quote
Tormod Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 I see VB on the list, but in my youth I used Basic, Pascal, and Z80 and 8086 assemly code. Quote
pgrmdave Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 I'm okay with C++, I've worked with some Java code, though I couldn't write it on my own, and I've used Visual Basic before, and started programming in QBasic. I'm also quite good with the TI-83's programming language (I'm not sure what it is, but it is very similar to Basic). Quote
Jay-qu Posted August 30, 2006 Author Report Posted August 30, 2006 Pascal :D i knew there was a big one i was missing.. ohwell it wouldnt have fit anyway Quote
Jay-qu Posted August 30, 2006 Author Report Posted August 30, 2006 I'm okay with C++, I've worked with some Java code, though I couldn't write it on my own, and I've used Visual Basic before, and started programming in QBasic. I'm also quite good with the TI-83's programming language (I'm not sure what it is, but it is very similar to Basic).Haha yes, long live the calculator code! I amazed some uni friends by iterating some basic operations over a list of data for astronomy to save some time, they where like wow how do you do that, I say 'oh yeah, its just basic programing really..' :D Quote
pgrmdave Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 I've added Pascal to the list and gave it one vote (Tormod's). Quote
Tormod Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 I've added Pascal to the list and gave it one vote (Tormod's). :lol: I said "in my youth"...all I remember is swapping a lot of 5.25" floppy disks to run the compiler and including files and whatnot...but it was great fun, though. Quote
Pyrotex Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 I see VB on the list, but in my youth I used ...80 and 8086 assemly code.Wimp! I programmed in PDP-11, DXS-960 and DXS-980 machine code. In Hex! I punched Hollerith cards with my teeth. Quote
Jay-qu Posted August 30, 2006 Author Report Posted August 30, 2006 Wimp! I programmed in PDP-11, DXS-960 and DXS-980 machine code. In Hex! I punched Hollerith cards with my teeth.LOL Pyro your a worry :D So you Java monkies out there, how do you get the ASCII codes of a given character stored in a variable? Quote
C1ay Posted August 30, 2006 Report Posted August 30, 2006 :D I said "in my youth"...all I remember is swapping a lot of 5.25" floppy disks to run the compiler and including files and whatnot...but it was great fun, though.Before the 5.25 floppies came out I was using a cassette tape drive on my ZX-81 which was also where I started with Z80 machine code and BASIC. I've also done some stuff with LISP for AutoCad and assembly code on the Z80, 8086 & 8088, 6502 and the 68000 processors. What about shell scripts? I've done quite a bit with DOS batch files and bash shell scripts too. Quote
Mercedes Benzene Posted August 31, 2006 Report Posted August 31, 2006 I voted for 3... although I am not claiming to be fluent in any of them. I'm still learning. :D Quote
Pyrotex Posted August 31, 2006 Report Posted August 31, 2006 I think I voted for 5, though I'm not fluent in all of them right now. Some of the most FUN I ever had at work was programming in assembly language--my first programming job at Texas Instruments. After six months of mucking about, I suddenly realized that the secret to assembly was thinking, and programming, in single-purpose "blocks" of code; and to always do the same thing the same way every time (NEVER reinvent the wheel). I sat down and created one flexible and powerful way to call a subroutine--I did it the same way for ever after. I sat down and created every mnemonic variable for every numeric constant I was ever likely to use, every numeric address offset; every standard table structure--and punched them up in one three inch stack of cards. EVERY program I wrote, I slapped a copy of that stack in front to define...well...everything. In a year, I went from worst programmer in the shop to second best. The FUN was watching others read my code. Their jaws dropped--they could read it as easily as a Dick and Jane Reader. Anyone could understand, and maintain if necessary, my code. they were flabergasted. Soon, I was passing out copies of my "stack" to everyone. Productivity in the group TRIPLED in six months. I still have two of my best programs as keepsakes. I miss assembly language. It was so clean and "pure". Quote
Tormod Posted August 31, 2006 Report Posted August 31, 2006 Before the 5.25 floppies came out I was using a cassette tape drive on my ZX-81 which was also where I started with Z80 machine code and BASIC. Ah yeah. Been there, too. :) Quote
Tormod Posted August 31, 2006 Report Posted August 31, 2006 Wimp! I programmed in PDP-11, DXS-960 and DXS-980 machine code. In Hex! I punched Hollerith cards with my teeth. Are you saying you scratched your butt before I could even sniff mine? :) *ducks* Quote
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