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Which programming languages do you use? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ericjmorey@beehaw.org to c/programming@beehaw.org

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It seems like there are about ~~22~~ ~~27~~ ~~46~~ ~~219~~ ~~320~~ ~~493~~ 1840 active subscribers here. I have a few questions for you all.

Which programming languages do you regularly use?
Which are your favorite to work with and why?
Which do you have interest in trying and why?

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[–] Neuromancer@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

            
              Prehistoric C++: Core language for my main project at work. Unfortunately we're stuck with C++98, but it's still a massive improvement on C.
C: For some of the older parts of the aforementioned project
Python: For test automation for the aforementioned project, also rapidly becoming the main language within the community that covers my secondary work project. I used to really not care for Python, but to the extent it displaces MATLAB I'm 100% in favor of it. I've also grown to really like it in the test automation role. The only thing I could wish for is that it had a mode that required type hints across the board.
Modern C++: Used for my other work project. While I do think that C++11 is a huge step up from C++98, I think the later standards have added a lot of cruft and very little value. Given the choice I would definitely take modern C++ over C++98, but I'd really rather be writing something like Rust
Java: This was a mistake I made years ago when I started a project as a very junior developer. Unfortunately I work in a research context where even as the junior developer I was still the most experienced developer on the team when it came to some things. We needed a REST API for this project and doing it in C++ didn't seem feasible at the time (no idea if it's better now). Some other teams in my org where using Spring so I jumped on that bandwagon. In hindsight, I wish I had written the API in Python since we're slowly moving a lot of our C++ code into Python on that project now.
Shell: For automation that's just a little too easy to bother with Python
Rust: Only used on hobby projects for now, but it scratches the same itch as C++ a thousand times better. The language itself is wonderful once you get used to the borrow checker and cargo is an incredibly valuable part of the ecosystem as well.