So, what languages are in the most demand in the industy? What do you think? C/C++? Java? And so on?
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Anonymous2006-05-05 5:35
This damned "industry" is all about Javur and whatever managers read in this month's edition of the Daily Stupid.
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Anonymous2006-05-05 5:46
Jarvur is getting muscled out by C-octothorpe .NOT
XML is still a good thing to have on your CV though.
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Anonymous2006-05-05 6:04
Yeah, managers suffer from spontaneous orgasming when they hear "XML". They would want to describe even their own stupidity using an XML document. If you're a manager and reading this, you already came two times, and you must be tired, please go home while your developers do the ugly work you've asked them to do using loads of Java and XML OOPS SORRY.
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Anonymous2006-05-05 14:57
I intentionally not-know these political languages so that the only people who hire me will be people who aren't so superficial.
Let me guess: you think the only companies that hire people are Microsoft and Sun
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Anonymous2006-05-05 17:50 (sage)
>>5
Enjoy your PIC assembly on a chip that isn't endowed with a UART!
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Anonymous2006-05-05 18:45
Speaking of C/C++ which is better to learn first? C or C++? Is it wise to just forget C and go with C++? Or learn C and then go on to C++? Or is it okay to just stick with C?
This is with previous programming knowledge. I've dabled in other things already (like Java and Python).
Eh dont alot of employers demand knowledge of OOP?
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Anonymous2006-05-05 19:26
>>9
You learn C first. Real C. Then you ditch Java, and use Python for most things, and C for low-level stuff. Besides, programmers need to know C just like artists need to know Mona Lisa.
>>11
They do, because it's another thing they jerk off to. "Hi, is this lava lamp object-oriented?"
Protip: Popular OO languages like Java and C++ really suck at it. You'll hate your life until you discover there are better implementations out there.
Unfortunately those languages which are great at OOP, suck at not-being-an-eyesore.
Fucking Smalltalk. I love how the professors over the age of 55 in my department all get raging boners to that language.
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Anonymous2006-05-05 21:12
Isn't Ruby a viable successor to Smalltalk? Use that instead.
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Anonymous2006-05-05 22:09
Know C, C++, and Java, html and xml, php and mySQL, perl and python. You be all set. Hey, this is why we're payed the big bucks... Oh, wait no, we're being outsourced to India... Never mind, why are you trying to learn programming again? So you can go live in a van down by the river?
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Anonymous2006-05-05 22:22
Computers are all I'm good at. What else can I do? It's that or working at walmart or Mcdonalds for the rest of my life.
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Anonymous2006-05-06 0:24
C# because no one wants to code in it and MS is pushing it hard.
We're not talking about good or bad languages, we're talking about DEMAND, java demands are easily fufilled, I'm talking about getting paid (and then buying whores).
Java if you want to work for people, C# if you develop on your own. C++ if you're going to work for a game dev.
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Anonymous2006-05-06 22:03
Prolog if you're working for a European science company
Lisp and Fortran if you're working for an American science company
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Anonymous2006-05-06 22:38
Is it possible to learn all of these and have better chances at getting into these kind of jobs? So you use whatever is needed in whatever you land in.
Most languages that follow ALGOL-style syntax (C, C++, Java, Fortran, Perl, Python, etc... most languages) are easy to pick up once you're good in at least one of them and tune your brain to understand most concepts.
Other languages such as Lisp (heavy on s-expressions) and Prolog and Haskell (heavy on recursion and pattern matching) require you spend extra time and discipline to learn how they are interpreted, as their purposes are typically targeted to more academic and science-oriented domains.
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Anonymous2006-05-07 2:13
>>1
Java, C#, C++. We can argue about which language is superior forevers but all the gayest languages are actually in demand.
Also, Ruby is getting popular. Not even lying. Search monster.com for "Ruby", you'll see.
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Anonymous2006-05-07 7:11
C#, C++, PHP, Ruby, Python.
Most companies won't mention the last 3, but there is a lot of demand is there. To replace Java.
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Anonymous2006-05-07 7:13 (sage)
>Java if you want to work for people
rofl
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Anonymous2006-05-07 13:05
ahahahah lol at the guy who said Ruby and Python.
They don't even have the same market share that perl does.
You guys are fucking ignorant.
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Anonymous2006-05-07 13:36
I'm surprised no one has mentioned ASP .NET...
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Anonymous2006-05-07 15:09
>>33
Perl is reserved for code that will leap from the shadows and assrape the one that has to look at it in 10 years
I don't know what ASP.NET is, but I sure am sick of seeing mention of it whenever I do a Google for most C# or .NET related topics I'm trying to find out about.
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Anonymous2006-05-08 0:28
>>39
Its a great secure web development language!
' or 'am I wrong' = 'am I wrong'
That must be why I don't know what it is. As much as I use the web, I never cared enough to write a OMG LOL THIS IS A WEBPAGE ABOUT MY DOGS AND CATS AND FUNNY JOKES I HURD LOL.
VB.NET is probably the most in-demand language at the moment.
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Anonymous2006-05-10 11:46
i imagine that COBOL will be in high demand in a few years after the last few living humans that know it retire, and corporations scramble wildly to find people who will be able to maintain their thirty year old mainframe infrastructure. just a guess tho.
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Anonymous2006-05-10 19:15 (sage)
>>43
Go look at the research instead of talking out of your ass.
C# is the king of the hill for DEMAND, MARKETPLACE HIRING DEMAND.
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Anonymous2006-05-11 7:19
NO YOU GUYS ARE ALL WORNG
IT IS TCL/TK
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Anonymous2006-05-11 21:39
FREEBASIC OR GTFO
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Anonymous2006-05-12 2:26
Knowing Macromedia Flash (so.. Actionscript I suppose) seems in demand, especially since most flash advertisements on the net (which in many cases would cost *a lot* for the company to have it on popular websites) are really god-awful quality. New generation smilies? Lame.
Real men write symbols on toilet paper and run a turing machine themselves.
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Anonymous2006-05-15 1:37
Real men build their own CPUs with customized instruction sets out of transistors and TTL chips.
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Anonymous2006-05-15 11:00
Real men shit silicon which is eaten by other men who shit CPUs
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Anonymous2006-05-15 12:45
Real men just a pencil and a pad of paper.
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Anonymous2006-05-15 12:57
Real men go out and actually rape Japanese schoolgirls in person instead of programming a robot to do it for them.
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Anonymous2006-05-15 23:25
Real men use abacuses
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Anonymous2006-05-16 11:22
Real men are dicks
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Anonymous2006-05-17 4:10
Real men just imagine it.
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Anonymous2006-05-17 4:57
Real men post the 65th post in programming threads.
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Anonymous2006-05-17 6:23
Real men do 3D transformations in their head.
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Anonymous2006-05-17 7:33
Real men are Transformers.
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Anonymous2006-05-17 8:17
Real men can transform Transformers.
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Anonymous2006-05-17 10:41
Real men can transform the Transformers' transformers.
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Anonymous2006-05-17 11:52
Real men understand real men who understand real men who understand real men that understand real men who understand real men who understand real men who understand real men who understand real men who understand real men who understand real men who understand real men who understand real men who understand real men who understand real men who understand...
I see alot of with job adds about mysql/php and flash. There's a big industry going on with design/homepages right now, and, well, these 3 are rather easy. I suppose its not really programming though.
>>83
very sad truth, I learned Cobol as part of my first job and I get good money to support this kind of crap, and it's way more funny than Java/J2EE :D
>>44
>i imagine that COBOL will be in high demand in a few years after the last few living humans that know it retire, and corporations scramble wildly to find people who will be able to maintain their thirty year old mainframe infrastructure. just a guess tho.
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