a question for all the programers in the house

[killcheese]

What was the first language you learned and what is your current favorite to work with.

The first language i learned was Visual Basic.net, even though i cant remember most of the syntax i could still use it if needed. Although learning C has made me appreciate java even more, i write more python scripts then anything else at the moment, outside of school assignments.

So humble code monkeys of the escapist, what say you?

 

[Elhueno]

First i learnt was Q basic way back in the day. Since then I have used. Pascal, C, C# Java, that one for mindstorm robots, assembly and most of the web based ones (php, html, javascript css, etc.)

C# or C++ are my favourites so far. I loved C but the awkward string handling in it made me cry sometimes.

 

[Buzz Killington_v1legacy]

I first learned TRS-80 BASIC--the old kind with the line numbers and everything. (Yes, I am ancient.) My current favorite is C#, with Java a sort-of-distant second. I toyed with C for a while, but about the third time I accidentally swapped the pointer reference and dereference operators and locked up my computer, I called it quits.

 

[darth.pixie]

I first learned Ruby while messing around with some game scripts way back. Then I learned Java, Pascal (hated it), some assembly and the common web ones.

My favorite is C++.

 

[CaptainKoala]

I think C++ is a fantastic language. It's incredibly small and extremely powerful. And easy to understand.

 

[Heart of Darkness]

I started with JavaScript. I'm still teaching myself C++ and I'm currently taking a class on C, but JavaScript is still my favorite to work with. It might not be as powerful as C++, but it's still really fast and great for when I need to find all possible solutions to math problems because of the HTML tables.