Most useful programming languages

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Originally posted by Klashe:

I don't think that C or C++ has outlived it's usefulness quite yet. There are tradeoffs with those newer languages you mentioned. There could be a lot of overhead that slows it down or it can take up a lot of space (i know VB is like that).

Everyone NEEDS to learn C or C++. I don't feel a programmer can be good without plugging through some C++ code at one point in their life.

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Here is one of the pluses of C/C++. It's extremely fast. Is it more difficult to program? Sure is, when compared to some programming languages. If you need something that runs quickly, like in a real-time OS where the amount of time that it takes to run something is of high importance, Java and some other languages just can't cut it. Assembly would be faster run time, but the programming time is horrendous! Especially on an embedded processor (electronic appliances anyone?).

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So they are no longer two, but one. -Matthew 19:6 (NIV)

I'm a strong believer that it's very important to have a variety of "skills". I don't think you can say there is a best language; it all depends on your needs at the time.

My best advice to anyone trying to get their feet wet is to really focus on the fundamentals. And if your looking at pure programming, really try to get a grasp of the object oriented programming concepts.

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Originally posted by Boldy:
I'm a strong believer that it's very important to have a variety of "skills". I don't think you can say there is a best language; it all depends on your needs at the time.

My best advice to anyone trying to get their feet wet is to really focus on the fundamentals. And if your looking at pure programming, really try to get a grasp of the object oriented programming concepts.

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This is probably the single most important thing for all programmers to know and understand. Believe it or not, programming is a lot more than just coding. It took me a while to understand that concept. http://dev.www.sharkyforums.forums.relay.cool/

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So they are no longer two, but one. -Matthew 19:6 (NIV)

The best programming language is psuedocode.

Sure it doesn't compile, sure it doesn't run. But it describes your algorithm better than any language.

the most important tool for a computer scientist isn't a computer, it's a whiteboard.

If you learn C it will be easy to learn other languages like Java and Duh C++. A reall usefull and easy language is Visual Basic. Visual Basic is pretty usefull for applications using access and other MSoft products. After you learn these languages then you can get easyly into perl,cgi-scripting,asp and all those other web scrip/language thang. Offcourse the computer field evolves constantly so this shouldnt last you that long i guess.