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I was intrigued that my answers for 1,2 & 3 are the most popular. I answered 1:C for simplicity and an an appreciation for where we've come from. 2:Python becau

by dqh 16y ago

I was intrigued that my answers for 1,2 & 3 are the most popular. I answered 1:C for simplicity and an an appreciation for where we've come from. 2:Python because i've never felt as free to express as when using python. 3:Javascript because it's practical to learn it. For others who answered C->Python->Javascript, what were your reasons?

portmanteaufu 16y ago
I answered Python->C->Javascript, but I'll pretend I was invited anyway. :) Python because I enjoy it the most -- if I had to be stuck with a single language, Python would be it. Even if it doesn't run the fastest, its library set and readable syntax make it very endearing to me. I picked C next because it's the obvious choice for speed and systems programming. The fact that you can write libraries for use in many other languages in C is also very appealing. Finally, knowing Javascript lets you contribute to the web. It's a great scripting language that I think gets a lot of flack from people that had to use it in the days before great toolkits like jQuery. While I'd like a choice in front-end scripting languages as much as the next guy, I've come to appreciate JS for what it is.
kokoito 16y ago
I've chosen C, Python and Lisp: because those aren't languages, but mindsets, that allow freedom of thought and expression. I am a hobbyist, so I am free to discard anything, that The Man wants to see in a resume. Hence I've never really got into Java (a nice language, turned into the Cobol of our generation -- to all people writting Enterprise: Java's blood is on YOUR hands!) or C++ (if C is a scalpel, then C++ is a chainsaw... while you're drunk... with someone preaching protected attributes and virtual destructors in Fran Drescher's voice). But C has inherent beauty to it, expressed in terse verses of absolute and utter control. Python structures my thoughts. And Lisp is all that is and ever will be. Amen.

by dqh 16y ago

portmanteaufu 16y ago

I answered Python->C->Javascript, but I'll pretend I was invited anyway. :) Python because I enjoy it the most -- if I had to be stuck with a single language, Python would be it. Even if it doesn't run the fastest, its library set and readable syntax make it very endearing to me. I picked C next because it's the obvious choice for speed and systems programming. The fact that you can write libraries for use in many other languages in C is also very appealing. Finally, knowing Javascript lets you contribute to the web. It's a great scripting language that I think gets a lot of flack from people that had to use it in the days before great toolkits like jQuery. While I'd like a choice in front-end scripting languages as much as the next guy, I've come to appreciate JS for what it is.

kokoito 16y ago

I've chosen C, Python and Lisp: because those aren't languages, but mindsets, that allow freedom of thought and expression. I am a hobbyist, so I am free to discard anything, that The Man wants to see in a resume. Hence I've never really got into Java (a nice language, turned into the Cobol of our generation -- to all people writting Enterprise: Java's blood is on YOUR hands!) or C++ (if C is a scalpel, then C++ is a chainsaw... while you're drunk... with someone preaching protected attributes and virtual destructors in Fran Drescher's voice). But C has inherent beauty to it, expressed in terse verses of absolute and utter control. Python structures my thoughts. And Lisp is all that is and ever will be. Amen.