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What do you think the most important programming language is?

• informatimago 12y ago
  Lisp
• Jahak 12y ago
  PHP
• itg 12y ago
  C
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• asalkey 12y ago
  Python
• dllthomas 12y ago
  Important in what sense? Some candidates would seem to be: historical significance most currently running code most significant currently running code most new development most significant new development most likely representative of future directions in programming languages
  • _RPM 12y ago
    Most important in the sense of the internet. What is the language that keeps the Internet running?
    • dllthomas 12y ago
      Almost certainly the C and assembly inside all those routers and switches.
• icpmacdo 12y ago
  JavaScript
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• mekael 12y ago
  Lolcode
• zubairq 12y ago
  Lisp, although it can be argued that it is not a language but just the building block of all languages
• nemasu 12y ago
  Assembly
• ankurdhama 12y ago
  None. If there was any such language, everybody would be using that language only, which is obviously not the case.
  • dllthomas 12y ago
    I don't think that follows at all. One could be most important on any of the dimensions that I listed in my comment, and still other languages might be used. Even if there was one overall best language - which is a different question again - it might not be best for every circumstance.