/prog/ - Language Choice

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-20 23:31

Lets say my non-CS interests lay in Physics, Applied Math, and Mech E, should I focus on high-level languages (Java, Python, etc.) or lower languages (C, C++, and maybe Fortran-ish)?

Also, is there any point in learning the GUI aspect if they are mainly drag and drop with most IDE's (i.e. Netbeans)?

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-20 23:44

Use C#/.net then you can slap together crap without having to deal with neckbeards.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-20 23:51

>>2
Implying I wanna slap together anything...

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-20 23:58

To slap or not to slap. Okay

1. C# is a modern language.
2. Suitable of general purpose problems,
3. Microsoft actively maintains it.
4. The installer just works.

#4 meaning you can send any fuctard a zipped installer and they can install it on their pc and run without having you baby sit them through the process.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 0:05

Don't listen to all these jaded praguars. Just learn Python the hard way (google it) and then see if you like being a problem solver.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 0:19

Some fields still use FORTRAN cause nothing else works as well, or fast...

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 0:24

MIPS

It's the most beautiful thing you'll ever use

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 0:26

OP, if you want a truly powerful language, I would recommend Lisp. C is a good second language. With Lisp and C, the algorithmically-inclined programmer will achieve wonders (high likelihood if you are a math/physics person). For OOP, look no further than C++. Avoid Java, C#, Python, Perl, Basic, and Ruby.

>>6
This is true.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 1:08

Java, Python, C, C++, and maybe Fortran-ish
http://img.0chan.ru/s/src/13290831977887.jpg

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 5:18

>>3
implying
fuck you asswipe

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 5:33

>>1
Physics, Applied Math, and Mech E, should I focus on high-level languages
Haskell is the best choise. Such a great high-order functons, combinators and monads will help your son to achieve the most notable glory and become one of Olympus Gods. >>1

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 5:46

>>11
yes, a good choice.
Haskell is a magicak language. Look at the lazy programming

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 5:47

>>12
*magical

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 6:06

Oberon-2

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 7:41

Fortran is a piece of shit. Seriously, there's no point in using that, except for bunch of retards at some institutes/universities that refuse to let go of their OH SO BEAUTIFUL AND CLEAR FORTRAN 77. GOTO HELL FUCKERS.

C runs faster than Fortran now on any computer. Most, if not all, numerical libraries for Fortran have been made obsolete by clearly superior and faster libraries for C, C++ or even fucking Java or .NET.

Don't use fortran. Let that shit die finally.

/physicist

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 8:29

D has builtin support for efficient numerical computation, including native support for imaginary and complex numbers and high precision floating point.

www.d-programming-language.org

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 8:39

>>16
D sucks.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 9:23

>>15
Hahaha, that's false bro.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 10:45

>>18
Actually, it's quite true.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 13:48

>>19
No dude, /prog/ proved it's false. Shootout benchmarks already suggests that.

Name: Anonymous 2012-02-21 14:37

>>20
If anything, shootout suggest that C and Fortran are, on average, the same within margin of error.

Name: Anonymous 2012-03-04 18:45

I JUST GOT DUBS SO HARD THAT I SPREAD MY BUTTCHEEKS AND FARTED FIRE ALL OVER THE FRONT PAGE HELP

Name: Anonymous 2012-03-04 18:47

javascript

other languages are broken shit

Name: Anonymous 2012-03-04 19:58

fortran, C, perl/python, matlab scripting for when you're feeling lazy and maybe MPI if you're into writing programs for high performance clusters.

For GUIs I just use GTK/Glade which is pretty easy once you get the hang of things.

Name: Anonymous 2012-03-05 15:16

>>15
http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64q/which-programming-languages-are-fastest.php?calc=chart&ifc=on&gcc=on&java=on&csharp=on
Fortran still beats out GCC.
Then again, that isn't too surprising.
If they had a comparison of that Intel Fortran versus Intel C Compiler, it might be even

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