What's the popular program language?

[clleady]

What's the popular program language?

Till now I have known about C#,VB.Will they be eliminate in the future?Someone told me that Java is popular these years.

[BC_Programmer]

C

[clleady]

If your job is involved in computer programs,Can you tell me what program language you often use? tks!

[BC_Programmer]

It's not. I usually Use VB6.


But really what's popular shouldn't dictate what one uses. What works should be a bigger issue on that count.

Java's popularity Peaked around 1996.  JavaScript, a completely separate language, is more for scripting, but has gained a foothold in the area of client-side web programming.


C has been around since before the IBM PC and is probably one of the longest existing higher-level languages (with possible exceptions of COBOL and FORTRAN, whose exact histories I am unfamiliar with. Being the dominant language for writing Operating Systems (almost all Linux variants are C, and Windows itself is predominantly written in C as well) It stands to reason that it's not leavign anytime soon.


C# and VB.NET are another question entirely, and their success/failure depends on and has depended on the success of the Microsoft .NET CLR run-time; all programs written using the framework/CLR require the framework to be installed on client machines, which can be a hefty install. For what it's worth I doubt it will do anything but get bigger, but that remains to be seen.

[clleady]

Anyone else? Can you talk more here?  And I want to know more suggestion.thanks a lot

[Salmon Trout]

C is the daddy

[alexK]

I used to program in PL/1 until 2000, it had been very popular on the West Coast but it got dropped like a hot Byte (eh potato) when that bl##dy COBOL got along.  Combined with ADF 3.1, PL/1 used to go extremely well. They claim that Woman Lib was the cause of the PL/1 demise, and was not longer supported by IBM.
Now I use VB6, but find there are too many restrictions/rules. Very difficult to learn.   
  

[Quantos]

It's not. I usually Use VB6.


But really what's popular shouldn't dictate what one uses. What works should be a bigger issue on that count.

Java's popularity Peaked around 1996.  JavaScript, a completely separate language, is more for scripting, but has gained a foothold in the area of client-side web programming.


C has been around since before the IBM PC and is probably one of the longest existing higher-level languages (with possible exceptions of COBOL and FORTRAN, whose exact histories I am unfamiliar with. Being the dominant language for writing Operating Systems (almost all Linux variants are C, and Windows itself is predominantly written in C as well) It stands to reason that it's not leavign anytime soon.


C# and VB.NET are another question entirely, and their success/failure depends on and has depended on the success of the Microsoft .NET CLR run-time; all programs written using the framework/CLR require the framework to be installed on client machines, which can be a hefty install. For what it's worth I doubt it will do anything but get bigger, but that remains to be seen.

Wouldn't that also depend on what was being programmed and for what platform?

I'm obviously not a programmer, but I understand there is more to it than that.

[camerongray]

C is used the most in professional environments and Visual Basic is used more by smaller companies, students and hobbyists.

Personally I use VB the most 

Cameron Gray

[BC_Programmer]

yes Quantos, that's a point I forgot to cover. 

[Quantos]

yes Quantos, that's a point I forgot to cover. 

Did you at least cover your Hiney?

 

[BC_Programmer]

In either case:

But really what's popular shouldn't dictate what one uses. What works should be a bigger issue on that count.

Holds true.

[Salmon Trout]

If you are recruited to a team, then the language and methods in use will likely be decided for you. However, if you are writing & maintaining (for profit)  alone, -- increasingly rare these days -- different considerations may well jostle for priority such as what you are already used to, the platform you are using and writing for, ease of maintainance, final code size, etc.

If you are thinking of studying computer science or learning programming and wonder what would make a good first language, then again, opinions differ. I think good ol' plain C has a lot going for it.

[Quantos]

I've heard that it is a damned good starting point.  At the least.