Choice of Programming Language

[shanrei]

Can share about their criteria for choice of programming language?

[xPlozion]

well, since i started w/ php, i want something that's c influenced (c, c++, javascript, php).

if it's for the web, php all the way. for desktop purposes, i'd go w/ c++ or c, depending on the requirements and the gui's avail, but i'm pretty sure gtk works w/ both.

[agroup]

i don't know the languages like C++

[Twinkie]

I like PHP and JavaScript, versatile and easy to program in. I went into C++, quite hard to understand. I guess I don't have strong criteria, just as long as the language is not so loosely typed that it is prone to errors. I am a Visual Basic/VB Script hater, for bad programming techniques, just it's style in general.

[anirtak143]

i'd go for java.. it does some things automatically. also, its cross platform, so you can run it anywhere, almost anywhere, as long as it has the JRE..

[arcade1]

You should start with C, C++ or learn some web programming language like PHP, which is the coolest thing these days.

[steronius]

what kind of programming? web, scripts, cross-platform, windows exe, educational purpose? do you wish to use UML modeling?

[alcramer]

I'm really old & have programmed in: Fortran, PL1, Pascal, C, C++, Java, Perl, PHP, plus some weird languages lost to history...if I were just starting out right now I'd probably start with PHP. It'll get you into what programming is all about and let you do lots of good stuff on the web.

[Smith6612]

I code in basically web designing code. I'd like to get around to learning some C++ though.

[anirtak143]

I'm really old & have programmed in: Fortran, PL1, Pascal, C, C++, Java, Perl, PHP, plus some weird languages lost to history...if I were just starting out right now I'd probably start with PHP. It'll get you into what programming is all about and let you do lots of good stuff on the web.

cool!!!

back on topic, yeah, i agree with those php and C++ guys. many people code in those langs..