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Ask HN: What programing langauge do you 'think' in?
For me, it's C/C++
Had a manager in college tell me when implementing a PHP script (instead of Perl or bash) ... "you're a C programmer, aren't you?" My reply, "...yes...why do you ask?" Him: "no self-respecting PPH/Perl scripter would use `strtok` when `split` or `explode` is available!"
Ran into the not-C-ness of Java in college 20y ago, too ... it' so close in so many ways ... but not where I "needed" it to be!
So - what language do you think in?
- DC_Offset 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck#:~:text=The%20language%27s%20name%20is%20a,the%20boundaries%20of%20computer%20programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck#:~:text=The%20langua....
- mfragin 4y ago++++++++++[>+>+++>+++++++>++++++++++<<<<-]>>>>++++.---.++++++++++++++++++++.<<++++++++++++++.------------.>>------------.--------.<<.>>+++++++++++++++.-----..<<+.
- injb 4y agoI don't! I think in pseudo code that maps easily to most languages. They're all equivalent at the end of the day.
- tapeloop 4y agoSame. As I get more experience I find that I tend to think more in patterns now
- MrCharismatist 4y agoPerl. I am an old sysadmin.