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languages of choice
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n. C , Perl , Python , Java and LISP the dominant languages in open-source
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development. This list has changed over time, but slowly. Java bumped C++
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off of it, and Python appears to be recruiting people who would otherwise
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gravitate to LISP (which used to be much more important than it is now).
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Smalltalk and Prolog are also popular in small but influential communities.
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2014-07-26 03:53:53 -04:00
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The Real Programmers who loved FORTRAN and assembler have pretty much all
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retired or died since 1990. Assembler is generally no longer considered
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interesting or appropriate for anything but HLL implementation, glue , and a
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few time-critical and hardware-specific uses in systems programs. FORTRAN
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occupies a shrinking niche in scientific programming. Most hackers tend to
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frown on languages like Pascal and Ada, which don't give them the near-total
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freedom considered necessary for hacking (see bondage-and-discipline
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language ), and to regard everything even remotely connected with COBOL or
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other traditional DP languages as a total and unmitigated loss.
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