I started programming in 1982. Though I'm known as a #Perl developer, I tried to remember every other language I've programmed in.
#BASIC, #C, 6809 Assembler, #Javascript, VBScript (and its many variants), #Java, #Prolog, #RakuLang, #Python, #Kotlin, #COBOL, Easytrieve, and probably a few others.
I wish I had gotten a job in Prolog, primarily because I loved what I could create with it. I don't love programming; I love creating.
What are your languages?
@ovid Oh boy, I'm one of those people who still look for the "perfect language" despite being aware that this doesn't even make sense. So I'll restrict myself to ones where I actually earned money with or did some semi-serious side project:
#BASIC, #C, / C++, x86 assembly, #TurboPascal, #Modula3, #Eiffel, #Java, #Tcl, #Perl, #scheme (R4RS), PL/SQL, #Python, #PHP, #ObjectiveC, #Javascript, #Go ...
Wishes: I wish I could go back to developing self-contained GUI programs. Would be great doing that in Tcl, Smalltalk or something lispy, but I'd even settle for MFC or Xt. Anything with servers just gets so unclean after a while.
Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him)
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