Re: What language do you write your software in

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On 11/24/08, Intrepid Ibex wrote:
> What language do you mainly use to write your software in?
> Why have you chosen to use that language?

Keep in mind computer languages are not nearly so important as
"programming". If someone knows what they want to do, and
knows how to program, they can then pick the best language for
the job. Unless they're in college, most likely any language
you teach your students today will be obsolete by the time they
hit the workforce.

I learned OOP with Smalltalk, so I imagine Squeak is a great
language to learn/teach OOP.

C# is probably best for everything else - Microsoft put a lot
of effort into borrowing all the best things from all the
languages and then "rethinking" it all to synthesize a
wonderfully good tool.

I tend to stay away from scripts (e.g., Python) as much as
possible. Nothing against the languages, but the maintenance
has always been problematic.

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