On 2007-01-02 15:29:03 -0800, Walter Bright <newshound@digitalmars.com> said:

> I know you all are early adopters of D, and that's a special breed different from the vast majority of programmers. But still, it would be   useful (in writing documentation) to know what language was your primary tool before coming to D. I also know that many of you are handy with multiple diverse languages, I just want to know the primary one.
> 
> Asm?
> C++?
> C?
> None (D's your first language)?
> Java?
> C#?
> Python?
> Lisp?
> Ruby?
> Delphi?
> Perl?
> Cobol? <g>

My primary language is PHP, but I have a good knowledge of the following languages:

* PHP (including PHP Internals)
* C
* C++
* C#
* ECMAScript
* SQL

At one time I knew these languages:

* Perl
* Java

I've been learning D for the past two weeks.  It's like C++ except that it doesn't make me want to shove knitting needles into my eyes.

-- Jeff

Walter Bright wrote:

> I know you all are early adopters of D, and that's a special breed
> different from the vast majority of programmers. But still, it would be
>   useful (in writing documentation) to know what language was your
> primary tool before coming to D. I also know that many of you are handy
> with multiple diverse languages, I just want to know the primary one.
> 
> Asm?
> C++?
> C?
> None (D's your first language)?
> Java?
> C#?
> Python?
> Lisp?
> Ruby?
> Delphi?
> Perl?
> Cobol? <g>

Java.

But now, thanks to D (and  lot of C coding as well), I hate Java.  D and C
are now my favorites.

-- 
~John Demme
me@teqdruid.com
http://www.teqdruid.com/

"Walter Bright" <newshound@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:enepvj$20iq$1@digitaldaemon.com...

            -> Blitz3D
DarkBasic <
            -> C++ -> D

I wouldn't really say I got good at programming until D though.  I still use Blitz3D for fun things :)

PHP/JS - for paying the rent... C/C++/C#/Java/Python/Lisp/Perl/Pike/6502Assembly - occasionally over the years..

Regards
Alan

Walter Bright wrote:
> I know you all are early adopters of D, and that's a special breed
> different from the vast majority of programmers. But still, it would be
>  useful (in writing documentation) to know what language was your
> primary tool before coming to D. I also know that many of you are handy
> with multiple diverse languages, I just want to know the primary one.
> 
> Asm?
> C++?
> C?
> None (D's your first language)?
> Java?
> C#?
> Python?
> Lisp?
> Ruby?
> Delphi?
> Perl?
> Cobol? <g>

Walter Bright wrote:
> I know you all are early adopters of D, and that's a special breed different from the vast majority of programmers. But still, it would be  useful (in writing documentation) to know what language was your primary tool before coming to D. I also know that many of you are handy with multiple diverse languages, I just want to know the primary one.

My at work (i.e., pay the bills) usage is pretty evenly split between C and Python.  D gives me an interesting blend of the two plus much more.

Walter Bright wrote:
> I know you all are early adopters of D, and that's a special breed different from the vast majority of programmers. But still, it would be  useful (in writing documentation) to know what language was your primary tool before coming to D. I also know that many of you are handy with multiple diverse languages, I just want to know the primary one.
> 
> Asm?
> C++?
> C?
> None (D's your first language)?
> Java?
> C#?
> Python?
> Lisp?
> Ruby?
> Delphi?
> Perl?
> Cobol? <g>

I've been doing mostly C++ for about 10 years.

--bb

Fortran rules, allways good to see a language without having any features
(difficult things like recursion. ..Allways good to keep this stuff away
from math !)
is able to survive.    Men I mean we are not working on a PDP11  anymore!

At least some hope for D     <vvbg>  .
Bjoern

"Walter Bright" <newshound@digitalmars.com> schreef in bericht news:enf3j2$2cst$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Pablo Ripolles wrote:
> > little C but lots of Fortran 90/95 and Python, essentially for
scientific
> > computing and visualization (numerical simulation)
>
> I'm glad to see Fortran represented here!

Walter Bright wrote:
> But still, it would be useful (in writing documentation) to know what language was your primary tool before coming to D.

I code in a lot of languages, from PIC assembly to JavaScript, but in the field that D fits in, my current primary tool is C/C++.

I didn't switch to D yet, since D still lacks a good standard library, good debugger support and a GUI toolkit.

Chris Nicholson-Sauls wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> I know you all are early adopters of D, and that's a special breed different from the vast majority of programmers. But still, it would be  useful (in writing documentation) to know what language was your primary tool before coming to D. I also know that many of you are handy with multiple diverse languages, I just want to know the primary one.
>>
>> Asm?
>> C++?
>> C?
>> None (D's your first language)?
>> Java?
>> C#?
>> Python?
>> Lisp?
>> Ruby?
>> Delphi?
>> Perl?
>> Cobol? <g>
> 
> Life took me along this twisty road:
> 
> #                                           ,-> D
> #                          ,-> C -> Python <
> # BASIC/1a -> C++ -> Java <                 `-> Ruby
> #                          `-> PHP
> 
> Ack!  (I left out some things...)
> 
> I guess I'd claim C/C++, though.  And I'm now perfectly happy with D and Ruby.  (Now just to get the two of them playing along together...)
> 
> -- Chris Nicholson-Sauls

Perhaps once PyD is rock solid, Kirk could take a crack at RuD? (Rudy?) (RubyD?) The problem is roughly equivalent, allowing for eccentricities in their respective C API's.

Jeff M wrote:
> On 2007-01-02 15:29:03 -0800, Walter Bright <newshound@digitalmars.com> said:
> 
>> I know you all are early adopters of D, and that's a special breed different from the vast majority of programmers. But still, it would be   useful (in writing documentation) to know what language was your primary tool before coming to D. I also know that many of you are handy with multiple diverse languages, I just want to know the primary one.
>>
>> Asm?
>> C++?
>> C?
>> None (D's your first language)?
>> Java?
>> C#?
>> Python?
>> Lisp?
>> Ruby?
>> Delphi?
>> Perl?
>> Cobol? <g>
> 
> My primary language is PHP, but I have a good knowledge of the following languages:
> 
> * PHP (including PHP Internals)
> * C
> * C++
> * C#
> * ECMAScript
> * SQL
> 
> At one time I knew these languages:
> 
> * Perl
> * Java
> 
> I've been learning D for the past two weeks.  It's like C++ except that it doesn't make me want to shove knitting needles into my eyes.
> 
> -- Jeff
> 

I love these newcomer anecdotes. :D