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Sep 21st, 2005, 7:39 PM
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Which Programming Lanuage?
I've decided to take programming as one of my electives in school, and I was wondering a few things about the various programming languages. Here are some questions I have, feel free to answer a many or as few as you want.
1) Which programming language is the best to know overall? 2) Which is the best for creating Windows-based applications (if someone would want to work for Microsoft)? 3) Which is the best for creating applications in general (if someone would want to get a job at any computer-based corporation) ? 4) Which is the best for creating games (if someone would want to get a job programming for Xbox/GameCube/PS2/Any console games) ? 5) Which is the best for creating games (if someone would want to get a job programming PC games) ? 6) Which is the best for use in a Windows environment? 7) Which is best for use a Linux environment? Thanks for any help with these (and I understand a big part of questions like this would be opinion, but I just want to know which language most people would recommend for each scenario). |
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Sep 21st, 2005, 8:14 PM
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1) C++
2) C++ 3) C++ 4) C++ 5) C++ 6) C++ 7) C++
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Sep 21st, 2005, 8:23 PM
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As for the best in a particular environment, there are languages that transcend the environment, and others that don't do it so well. A lot of languages are stronger for a particular type of application, having been designed with that application in mind (as web design), others are more general purpose.
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Sep 21st, 2005, 9:00 PM
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Well, since this is all basically opinion...
1) C or C++ 2) C# or VB.net or C++ 3) C 4) C++ 5) C++ 6) C or C++ or C# 7) C or C++ Quote:
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Sep 21st, 2005, 9:15 PM
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Ahhhhhhh, you're probably right. Definitely something .NET, probably C#. I had to use some VBA the other day, Excel extension, *shudder*. Be nice if they make C# the app language, as one can't seem to escape the stuff entirely.
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Sep 21st, 2005, 9:56 PM
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If the environment and project specs were all equal...
1) C++ 2) C# 3) C++/C# 4) C++ 5) c++/C# 6) C++ 7) C
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Sep 21st, 2005, 10:04 PM
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So basically C++ would be the best overall choice (of course if I needed to get into specific projects others might be more suitable for it).
Also, how does Java rate for those specifications? |
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Sep 21st, 2005, 10:33 PM
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See it up there in the list? lol! You did ask for THE best for a given milieu.
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