What are the different programming languages?

Answer 1

There are literally thousands of programming languages - some for special purpuses, some of a more general nature. Some popular languages are the Microsoft dotnet languages (C#, Visual Basic .NET, and others); Java; PHP; Python; and lots of others. You can get more information:

* In the Wikipedia article on "programming language"

* The TIOBE website has been keeping track of the most "popular" programming languages, for the last few years.

Answer 2

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If you are asking which programming languages are best in learning on your own? That all depends on the type of learner you are.

If you are asking which programming languages are the 'best' meaning the most used or praised, that will depend on the person answering the question.

Another factor is your Operating System for it determines your style of coding and your purpose for coding in whichever language.

If you are into web development, you may side with the classic HTML, XML, CSS, PHP, and others.

If you are into creating drivers, you may choose assembly.

If you choose to code software and other programs, you could try out C, C++ or C#.

If you want something easy to get started programming with, you could try Java or Python.

If you're really into a little of everything especially while on a Unix-based OS, give Python, Perl or Lisp a shot.

Hope this is of some help to you.

If you are a beginner and want to make games, download Game Maker and use GML once you get good. GML is similar to Java.

Answer 3

Ever read a car magazine's "Car Comparison" test results? How about Consumer Report's appliance comparison tests? Those are "subjective" comparisons and the reader could review the results report and then make one's own judgment on which car/appliance is better (more horsepower, less repair cost) for one's own intended purpose for the car/appliance. Then there is "objective" comparisons, which invariably are based on one's own experience with a limited set of cars/appliances. You can apply the exact same logic to answering this question about "which is the best programming language and why?" You can answer this question objectively by saying: I've used COBOL, FORTRAN, C, Lisp, Python, C# and by far I can get the most of my tasks done most efficiently with C#. And this will give the other readers/survey takers one sample point to this "survey-like" question. Or you could collect a set of programming languages (with which you may or may not be familiar) and then start comparing the set of languages one feature at a time. You may find that not all features are supported by all languages (e.g. pointers in Java.) And if you do come across a language that supports all the features that you are comparing, that may turn out to be a difficult language to program with or to write an efficient compiler/interpreter for it so that no matter how hard you try you cannot program you task efficiently (both in terms of time and effort spent in the programming task and in the execution of the final application programmed in that particular language.) So the bottom line is that there may never be a universal answer to this question and all you could expect is that you will get a survey report from all those who answer this question and then you will have to draw your own conclusion - and even that could and would change in time depending what you are/will be doing.

Answer 4

I think Java is probably the most commonly used programming language nowadays. Followed by C++.

AnswerC/C++ language and Java language is most widely used programming language.

However from opinion it is :

1. C++
2. Java
3. C#
4. PHP
5. Perl
6. VBScript

AnswerClient-side scripting:

1. JavaScript, hands down. It requires no downloads other than the browser that got you interested in it, and it's the only option in its domain. Instead of language wars it has framework wars (Prototype or jQuery?!).
2. Flash (ActionScript). Alright, so you can do similar and fancier things with Flash as with JavaScript. Never mind that ActionScript is a perverted implementation of the same standard as JavaScript.
3. Java applets. Oh, just shut up already!

Server-side web-development:

1. PHP is most common for the server-side but very rarely used for anything else.
2. .NET languages, VBScript likely being chief among them, are quite popular here.
3. JSP
4. ColdFusion
5. Python
6. Ruby
7. Perl is almost unheard of, having been left in the dust by its child PHP.

System administration:

1. C++, easily.
2. C. On some non-Windows platforms it competes rather evenly with C++. As far as kernels and operating systems go, C likely beats C++

Desktop applications:

1. C++, for sure.
2. Java
3. .NET languages, especially C# and Visual Basic, would be third (possibly second) on Windows.
4. Python and C share the Linux desktop with C++. Java is mostly ignored.

Graphics and Video Games:

1. C++, definitely. It's able to handle system resources well like C and it provides the syntax to easily organize code around objects which is important for keeping one's thoughts in order.
2. C#, on the Xbox and Windows.
3. Java probably takes third.

Additionally, Python is popular in some specific domains such as robots to run on servers (wikis and Google Wave), and macros in Blender and (alongside Lua) some video games.

Answer 5

The answer to this question is more complicated than you might assume. Different languages have different capabilities and applications.

Based on popularity and jobs availability most popular languages are:

JavaC LanguageC++C#PHP

Refer this link for more details:-

http://highweb.blogspot.com/2013/04/web-programming-languages-popularity.html

Answer 6

C++ and Java. Ideally you should learn both fluently and recognise where and when it is appropriate to use them. Although you will rarely require anything lower than C++, you should also have a good grasp of C as you will inevitably be tasked with maintaining C code at some point. Other languages that are worth learning include Fortran, Pascal, Cobol, BASIC and Python, as well as web-based technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc) and DBMS technologies (SQL, ODBC, etc).

Answer 7

the most programming language i say is Italian and some Spanish its the number one answer and Chinese cause they rock...

Answer 8

Here are 4 types

1. 1.Functional Programming Language.
2. 2.Object-oriented Programming Language.
3. 3.Scripting Programming Language.
4. 4.Logic Programming Language.