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1. Common LISP for high-level stuff

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Sat Feb 2, 2013, 01:00 PM

Feb 2013

Ocaml for lower-level stuff. Forth for very very low-level stuff.

For LISP, I love functional programming (I learned on Logo as a kid), and I think CLOS is the best object system out there. The generalized control-flow special forms are so powerful, and the macro system is itself a Turing-complete language, though that can lead to trouble if you're not careful.

Ocaml makes fast object code. Faster than C, generally. And I love the psuedo-code as code and type-checking.

Forth is just this beautiful little alien world; I don't know how else to say it. I also like Joy, which is a kind of functional version of Forth.

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your favorite programming language and why? [View all] Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 OP

Common LISP for high-level stuff Recursion Feb 2013 #1

FORTH? hootinholler Feb 2013 #2

I did robotics in grad school Recursion Feb 2013 #4

ooooo ocaml has built-in arbitrary precision fp arithmetic lib Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #6

Lisp has arbitrarily large bignums (eg 10000! works as advertised) Recursion Feb 2013 #7

very cool i must check that out Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #12

Whatever someone will pay me to code with. :) n/t TBA Feb 2013 #3

I'm a Java Professional hootinholler Feb 2013 #5

Meh. AOP is the new stupid thing. We tried it before, it was called programming by contract Recursion Feb 2013 #8

i like java Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #10

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Assembly ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #9

yeah i used to program my apple IIgs in assembly just to do it. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #11

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Also very cool: Haskell Recursion Feb 2013 #15

this i've played with and enjoyed the experience Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #16

It used to be python jeff47 Feb 2013 #17

C++ ManiacJoe Feb 2013 #18

definitely a c++ fan here Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #19

C# CuriousGuy Feb 2013 #20

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Good Question. It does sort of depend on the application though. dballance Feb 2013 #21

really good points. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #22

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It Is Interesting That There Are Still Mainframes In Use... dballance Mar 2013 #25

I wouldn't say it's nearly dead. There are LOTS of places where legacy code is still being used. denverbill Jun 2013 #34

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