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

submitted 2 years 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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[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The APL family of languages aren't the most popular, but there seems to be cult like followings of each variation.

[–] moeris@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I think they're just the more vocal subset of users. The same thing happens in functional languages. (Especially Lisp.)

Array languages in general are fun to use because you can express a great deal in very little space. Of course, you have to think more about how to encode something, or even when reading. I feel like those are good muscles to exercise for when you're reading more densely written code in any language.