User:Rainglasz
I started programming in 1970 with ALGOL60 in Göttingen on an IBM 7040 and have since then use many programming languages.
I use to say: Writing good programs is possible in any language; in some, it is easier. Writing bad ones likewise.
| My Favorite Languages | |
| Language | Proficiency |
| AWK | Experienced |
| Bourne Shell | Experienced |
| C | Experienced |
| Python | Good |
| x86 Assembly | Good |
| C++ | Rusty |
| Fortran | Rusty |
| JCL | Rusty |
| ALGOL 60 | Rusty |
| Delphi | Rusty |
| FORTRAN IV | Rusty |
| Forth | Rusty |
Languages I like or use often
- C : Advanced assembler, but much to verbose if used properly
- awk : Versatile for many small problems
- Python : Best behind the language that I designed myself
- UNIX Shell : Mostly Bourne shell (and successors), has its quirks
Languages I have used extensively in former days
- C++ : Has its use fields, but rather complicated and verbose if not used daily
- FORTRAN IV : First language I used extensively from 1970 on
- ALGOL 60 : My first one
- 360 Assembly : Good with macros; a bit tricky sometimes
- Pascal : Broadly available, not so tricky
- Java : Best availability and rather secure, but a bit laborious for small tasks
- Prolog : Could not exploit its promises to me
- COBOL : Verbose, but very good for commercial programming
- Forth : Terse and efficient, but it is hard to understand programs after years