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#1 2012-01-30 12:50:52

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Programming Languages

So...what do you think is the most popular language to learn?


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#2 2012-01-30 13:09:31

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Re: Programming Languages

C++, C or Java
Edit: may bot be the best but they are very popular  tongue

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#3 2012-01-30 13:25:22

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Re: Programming Languages

C++ and Java are probably most common. Maybe flash too.


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#4 2012-01-30 13:41:59

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Re: Programming Languages

The C family of languages, like C, C++, and Java.

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#5 2012-01-30 14:22:11

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Re: Programming Languages

Probably Java, C++, Visual BASIC.

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#6 2012-01-30 14:25:42

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Re: Programming Languages

I think web-based languages like JavaScript are becoming more popular though.

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#7 2012-01-30 15:17:52

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Re: Programming Languages

scimonster wrote:

I think web-based languages like JavaScript are becoming more popular though.

There not programming languages...

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#8 2012-01-30 15:30:04

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Re: Programming Languages

Magmawulf wrote:

scimonster wrote:

I think web-based languages like JavaScript are becoming more popular though.

There not programming languages...

Um, yes they are.


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#9 2012-01-30 16:10:37

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Re: Programming Languages

RedRocker227 wrote:

Magmawulf wrote:

scimonster wrote:

I think web-based languages like JavaScript are becoming more popular though.

There not programming languages...

Um, yes they are.

Technically Javascript is a scripting language.  wink  Not actually a programming language, since you can't make actual program out of it.

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#10 2012-01-30 17:48:52

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Re: Programming Languages

Magnie wrote:

RedRocker227 wrote:

Magmawulf wrote:


There not programming languages...

Um, yes they are.

Technically Javascript is a scripting language.  wink  Not actually a programming language, since you can't make actual program out of it.

You can make an actual program though.


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#11 2012-01-30 17:54:11

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Re: Programming Languages

Some of the most popular are the C family, Java, VB and maybe Python.


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#12 2012-01-30 18:03:47

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Re: Programming Languages

C languages, Java and even C-objective for Mac programming  smile


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#13 2012-01-30 23:03:31

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Re: Programming Languages

Java, C++...but I like PHP best.  smile


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#14 2012-01-31 03:38:26

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Re: Programming Languages

PHP is the best lol


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#15 2012-01-31 03:40:05

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Re: Programming Languages

veggieman001 wrote:

Magnie wrote:

RedRocker227 wrote:


Um, yes they are.

Technically Javascript is a scripting language.  wink  Not actually a programming language, since you can't make actual program out of it.

You can make an actual program though.

I don't know why, they just happen not to be programming languages.  :S

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#16 2012-01-31 09:33:15

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Re: Programming Languages

Magmawulf wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

Magnie wrote:


Technically Javascript is a scripting language.  wink  Not actually a programming language, since you can't make actual program out of it.

You can make an actual program though.

I don't know why, they just happen not to be programming languages.  :S

Wikipedia considers them programming languages. They just have a more specific purpose than other languages.


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#17 2012-01-31 10:04:47

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Re: Programming Languages

veggieman001 wrote:

Magnie wrote:

RedRocker227 wrote:


Um, yes they are.

Technically Javascript is a scripting language.  wink  Not actually a programming language, since you can't make actual program out of it.

You can make an actual program though.

No.  Just websites.

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#18 2012-01-31 10:12:37

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Re: Programming Languages

maxskywalker wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

Magnie wrote:


Technically Javascript is a scripting language.  wink  Not actually a programming language, since you can't make actual program out of it.

You can make an actual program though.

No.  Just websites.

Uh.. no? You can create complete user interfaces with it and it's Turing complete.


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#19 2012-01-31 13:07:35

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Re: Programming Languages

veggieman001 wrote:

maxskywalker wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:


You can make an actual program though.

No.  Just websites.

Uh.. no? You can create complete user interfaces with it and it's Turing complete.

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You can also make games in it.


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#20 2012-01-31 13:19:43

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Re: Programming Languages

My favourite is Scratch. All others are too complicated for me :c


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#21 2012-01-31 13:55:02

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Re: Programming Languages

RedRocker227 wrote:

My favourite is Scratch. All others are too complicated for me :c

Have you ever bought a book and tried to learn from it?


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#22 2012-01-31 14:12:45

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Re: Programming Languages

poopo wrote:

RedRocker227 wrote:

My favourite is Scratch. All others are too complicated for me :c

Have you ever bought a book and tried to learn from it?

Not a book, no, but I've looked up a kajillion tutorials on YouTube for Stencyl, but I'm getting nowhere.


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#23 2012-01-31 14:19:43

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Re: Programming Languages

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language
Search for Javascript there  wink

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#24 2012-01-31 15:09:22

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Re: Programming Languages

RedRocker227 wrote:

poopo wrote:

RedRocker227 wrote:

My favourite is Scratch. All others are too complicated for me :c

Have you ever bought a book and tried to learn from it?

Not a book, no, but I've looked up a kajillion tutorials on YouTube for Stencyl, but I'm getting nowhere.

books are SO much easier, once you read them.

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#25 2012-01-31 15:45:58

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Re: Programming Languages

Magmawulf wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language
Search for Javascript there  wink

Yes but scripting languages are programming languages too.  They're just usualy interpreted live instead of compiled into bytecode then ran directly on hardware.

That does not make them less useful.  It makes them slower usually, but more flexible for some uses.

And the line between scripting and compiled languages can be very fuzzy or non existent:
- PHP can now be compiled into bytecode and ran directly on hardware now, (like C etc...)  Facebook made HipHop to do this to make their web servers much faster.
- V8, Goggle's Javascript interpreter(in Chrome and node.js) compiles parts of Javascript programs, and can be as fast as compiled languages for some tasks.

And Scratch is a scripting language too...

Javascript is used for much more than just client-side websites now. 
node.js runs javascript as a server, (sort of like ruby, python, or php...)
It can also be used to make desktop apps like this.   ...and much more.

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