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View Poll Results: Programming Language of the Year
PHP 80 13.75%
Perl 48 8.25%
Python 160 27.49%
Ruby 26 4.47%
C 79 13.57%
C++ 81 13.92%
Java 52 8.93%
Lisp 5 0.86%
Erlang 4 0.69%
Smalltalk 0 0%
Haskell 1 0.17%
C# 13 2.23%
Lua 7 1.20%
COBOL 4 0.69%
Scheme 2 0.34%
Go 10 1.72%
Groovy 4 0.69%
Fortran 4 0.69%
R 2 0.34%
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Old 01-07-2010, 03:57 PM   #1
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Programming Language of the Year


A newer category that's been extremely close.

--jeremy
 
Old 01-08-2010, 05:47 AM   #2
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LOLcode.
 
Old 01-08-2010, 06:53 AM   #3
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Where's FORTH?

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Although not as popular as other programming systems, Forth has enough support to keep several language vendors and contractors in business. Forth is currently used in boot loaders such as Open Firmware, space applications, and other embedded systems. An implementation of Forth by the GNU Project is actively maintained, the last release in November 2008.
It'd be interesting, at least, to see if anyone still uses it.

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Old 01-08-2010, 07:11 AM   #4
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God said "Go forth"...so it went...that's why it's not listed.
 
Old 01-08-2010, 07:18 AM   #5
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God said "Go forth"...so it went...that's why it's not listed.
Hehehe...

I thought the same for FORTH, COBOL, and Pascal, and was going to comment about COBOL being on the list. However, a quick research revealed that all three are, in fact, still very much in use today.

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Old 01-08-2010, 12:17 PM   #6
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Ehhh, where's 'shell script' ?? Maybe it isn't really a 'language' ?
That's all I need, I plan to take over the world with a shell script. Muuahahahah!!!
 
Old 01-08-2010, 12:24 PM   #7
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well i'm not such a great programmer, but the kernel is written mostly in C.
 
Old 01-09-2010, 07:04 PM   #8
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C/C++ since i write on C++ only I vote for C++, the language of the past, present and future! (java n00bs do us a favor and jump yourselfs out of the window please thank you )
 
Old 01-10-2010, 08:47 AM   #9
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Google's Go
 
Old 01-10-2010, 11:38 AM   #10
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Go has been added.

--jeremy
 
Old 01-11-2010, 09:44 AM   #11
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LOLcode.
LOL - are you just saying that because they're finally adding 'BUKKIT' to the language spec?

ActivePerl finally added DBD::Oracle into the base 5.10 install, which is a 'win' in my book (I know purists like to install from CPAN and all, but it's easier to just drop active perl on the linux and windows boxes for instant cross-platform awesomeness with no extra config)
 
Old 01-11-2010, 09:52 AM   #12
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Many of them do not compete in the same area. So it is hard to say which is the best. Since Go is new in 2009, my vote goes to Go.
 
Old 01-12-2010, 12:22 PM   #13
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Python was certainly the most hyped in 2009. So for exposure, there's a vote.
 
Old 01-12-2010, 02:11 PM   #14
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Is there a reason Groovy is not on the list? http://groovy.codehaus.org It's popularity is growing very rapidly in the JVM space, and considering how many of it's siblings are listed, I think it belongs here.

It gets my vote anyways.

Groovy.
 
Old 01-12-2010, 02:24 PM   #15
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Groovy has been added.

--jeremy
 
  


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