February 23, 2017 at 10:09 pm
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February 23, 2017 at 10:33 pm
For me it was
ZX basic
BBC Basic
CPL
FORTRAN 77
Cobal
JCL
VB
T-SQL
Kevin
February 23, 2017 at 10:34 pm
C, C++, Bash, Delphi, Some VB, Some Perl, SQL, Python
I got into C at the age of 15 (I'm 34 today) to do video game development with text-based games called Multi-User Dungeons (MUD). This is where I got into Unix on FreeBSD using GCC. I eventually moved onto C++ to do similar on Red Hat Linux when many were porting game engines over. Then I got into Delph and VB during the AOL rage because I wanted to hack the planet like most of the young script kiddies discovering Windows for the first time.
When I retired my career in the video game industry later on, I started getting more into data. This is when I got into SQL, Python and various Python frameworks like Django and Flask. Now these two languages are my primarily go-to's, but I still run a MUD that's in C on my Ubuntu box. I don't know if I'll learn anything else unless the business or career calls for it.
My guess, next steps will either be R, C# or Java.
February 24, 2017 at 1:09 am
Basic, Pascal, COBOL, something called "Caml Light", C, C++, Ada (87 & 95), ABF/4GL and OpenROAD (ASK-Ingres), SQL, VBasic, C#
Quite typical programming languages... some of them at least...
February 24, 2017 at 1:42 am
For me, it was ActionScript first then Objective-C, PHP, C#, Python and Ruby was the last one I learnt. I really don't miss ActionScript.
February 24, 2017 at 2:12 am
BASIC (on a Vic 20, PET, BBC amongst others)
Pascal
Assembler
C
Modula
COBOL
ADA
C++
Sage Retrieve 4GL
PL/SQL
Lisp
Some domain specific ones, like HyperCard.
T-SQL
VB
Smalltalk
C#
VB.NET
And a good number of scripting languages (DOS, UNIX, Windows & Linux based plus others?)
I know there are some that I have missed but I would be surprised if those of us with a long career and computing education can remember them all immediately.
Gaz
-- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!
February 24, 2017 at 2:16 am
In order, from school, college to present day. Probably missed a few too.
Commodore PET Basic
ZX Spectrum Basic
Z80 Assembler
Pascal
COBOL
Forth
C
FORTRAN (4 and 77)
C++
PL/SQL, T-SQL
C#
InterSystems Cache/MUMPS
Javascript
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http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537February 24, 2017 at 2:23 am
For me it was the final "Design Project" for my Chemical Engineering that got me into computing:
February 24, 2017 at 2:32 am
More or less (and probably forgotten a few)
GW Basic (on an IBM)
Pascal
Modula 2
C++
8086 assembler
SunSparc assembler
PL-SQL
VB Script
Visual Basic
T-SQL
C#
R (learning)
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
February 24, 2017 at 3:02 am
I started on 8-bit home computers in the 80's and continued through school, college, Uni and finally at work. Here's my mostly complete list:
February 24, 2017 at 3:03 am
BASIC (faffing around at home as a kid)
C++, Java, SQL, (some other bits and pieces like assembly (University)
Classic ASP (Job 1)
VB, tcl, XSLT, more SQL (Job 2)
.NET (various flavours, mostly C#/ASP) (Jobs 3-5)
WPF/XAML (Job 5)
But what counts as a language these days? I have a few other things on my CV like HTML, javascript, XML, CSS, MVC, MVVM...
Oh and I need to learn powershell today apparently :hehe:
February 24, 2017 at 4:19 am
Got started in the late 90's making games as a hobby. Currently a full-stack dev in the public sector.
Qbasic
GML
VB6
C++
Lua
Ti-basic
C#
SQL
VB.Net
F#
Javascript
Typescript
Python
Powershell
February 24, 2017 at 4:28 am
For me it was roughly in the following order:
Lately I am trying to learn as much R and Powershell as I have time for...
February 24, 2017 at 4:42 am
Wow alot people learnt Assembler
For my it was
Basic V2 on the c64
Borland Pascal
Borland C and GCC
Microsoft C++
T-SQL from version 6.5
Java
Php v5
C#
Suneido (Love that language its the language I think in)
R (Learning)
February 24, 2017 at 6:25 am
PL/C (supposedly the Classroom version of PL/I), Fortran, PDP-11 BASIC-PLUS, PDP-11 Assembler, APL, Pascal, LISP, FORTRAN, then a stint with SAS (college and grad school are great places to play with programming languages), Data Analyzer, Visual Basic dabbling, COBOL, and then fell into SQL Server 7, PROGRESS-DB, then more SQL development SSIS, C# for scripting. Now focused on improving T-SQL coding and SSIS coding.
Want to learn more PowerShell and Python, as well as game engine scripting for Unity, but that's another chapter.
Luther
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