l_b_i@yiffit.net to Furry Programmers@pawb.socialEnglish · 9 months agoWhat was your first programming language? What is/are your most used?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareWhat was your first programming language? What is/are your most used?l_b_i@yiffit.net to Furry Programmers@pawb.socialEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
My first was Matlab. Most used is probably python, and then you get into my professional niche, VHDL, C, TCL.
minus-squareBoscoBearlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoIn order it was Fortan, then various machine languages, then Basic, then assembler, a little Algol and COBOL. A few years of SAS, more machine code, and C and C++, JavaScript. Somewhere along the way Forth, which is by far my favorite.
minus-squarel_b_i@yiffit.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoThose all sound like old languages.
minus-squareBoscoBearlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoMachine language on an IBM 1620, PDP11, 6502, 8748. Machines that don’t exist anymore.
minus-squarel_b_i@yiffit.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThat either makes you a retro enthusiast, or a well seasoned programmer.
minus-squareBoscoBearlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoSeasoned is probably right. Not a great programmer but my timing was right. Started when I was 12. Now I am 67.
In order it was Fortan, then various machine languages, then Basic, then assembler, a little Algol and COBOL. A few years of SAS, more machine code, and C and C++, JavaScript.
Somewhere along the way Forth, which is by far my favorite.
Those all sound like old languages.
Machine language on an IBM 1620, PDP11, 6502, 8748. Machines that don’t exist anymore.
That either makes you a retro enthusiast, or a well seasoned programmer.
Seasoned is probably right. Not a great programmer but my timing was right. Started when I was 12. Now I am 67.