Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Age: 44 Gender: Male Posts: 1,385
12 Aug 2012, 8:38 pm
I'm not saying everyone needs a fast language, but porting Fortran to Python in order to optimize it probably won't be too successful
It's occurred to me that one of the more powerful projects I could do from a fiscal perspective would be to write a blazingly fast Python interpreter without a GIL.
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12 Aug 2012, 9:56 pm
I'm learning how to use Java. Also know bits of Matlab too. I'm fairly new to this though.
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Joined: 16 Feb 2012 Age: 37 Gender: Male Posts: 86 Location: Netherlands
13 Aug 2012, 8:32 am
I usually program with Java, C++, Ruby, Python, C# or PHP. I've also been programming in Haskell and Basic many years ago. I can also work with most modern databases.
I focus on web application development, and I know most of the usual stuff there too, even though they're not really programming languages: HTML 4.01/5, XHTML, XML, CSS 2.1/3, JavaScript. Also Dart if it's worth mentioning
Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Age: 44 Gender: Male Posts: 1,385
13 Aug 2012, 2:42 pm
donryanocero wrote:
python, fortran, c++
We use fortran at school, apparently there is a ton of legacy code around and its been the target of the largest optimization project ever. I still haven't noticed much of a difference in speed between even python and fortran. Python is ridiculously easy, so I mostly use python.
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13 Aug 2012, 3:06 pm
Perl, Python, and the rare rare rare Pascal.
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Joined: 25 Dec 2011 Age: 48 Gender: Male Posts: 500 Location: Indiana
15 Aug 2012, 9:07 pm
Currently, I use C, C#, SQL, vbscript, XML, and reading various micro-controller assembly languages via the C compiler output listings. Occasionally I use Java. Most of my undergrad used Ada. I've used many other languages over the years.
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16 Aug 2012, 11:07 pm
There are some windows only programs that use Delphi. For portable programs (which sometimes started out as Delphi) and for embedded processors I use C. For web pages Javascript (my least favorite). Used to do quite a bit of PIC assembly language but fortunately those days are gone.