If so, what computer languages do you primarily use?
I primarily use C, C++, Python, and Common Lisp.
Has anyone tried cuddle pair-programming? Does it work?
Ha ha I bet no one would have tried 😄
Lisp? Now that is a name I haven’t heard in a long time. (Enjoy https://xkcd.com/297 🙂)
C, C++ but primarily C#.
Mostly Python. There is a funny video about that:
Core Java and Python. More scripting than programming though.
Fortran was my first, followed by Basic, C, Visual Basic, and C++.
Java for me. I was previously using kotlin and swift at my previous job. Though for my line of work (QA Automation) it’s a fairly basic use of the languages.
Not a programmer, but I love the IT memes online
Python and Typescript
I will occasionally write or edit a program, but I wouldn't consider myself a programmer. c++ is the language I am most familiar with but I use other ones when needed, I just need a little time to learn the commands and how it works.
@stoic Yeah, ever since the "Order 66" of general Lisp ridicule and hatred, I've mostly hid my use, especially at work. For some reason, the (lack of) syntax in Lisp drives certain programmers up the wall.
@GreatHornedOwl - our software evolution is pretty similar. I went from Programming in Basic on my TRS-80 model III to learning Pascal, then C, Visual Basic, and finally C++. I have not written any code in ages but I loved the thought process of designing, coding and debugging code.
Someone wants to tech me 😂
Help me out! I need remote jobs, I'm a programmer
Python for me
Nope!
Python for me too. Monty, shaken not stirred.
I've been fortunate to have done this most of my life. My list includes: Basic, QBasic, Fortran IV, Fortran 77, Assembler (on DEC/VAX and IBM), Pascal, SAS, JCL, Cobol, PL/I, Visual Basic, JSP, ASP, Delphi, Flash/Shockwave, Java, C#, ColdFusion, Swift, SQL, Javascript, Perl, and PHP. By far my favs, and daily use are PHP, Javascript and SQL. I'll likely play with some Python in the next year or two.
Python mostly these days... But use C, C++ at work. Started with Basic on my TI-83+ and Ti-89 Titanium Then moved to VB6 then Java/C#. Also impressed how JavaScript survived decimation and came back stronger than ever
I love pair programming, I feel it's the most productive. Business don't like it, why pay 2 people to do 1 thing. So I don't get to do it much at work. Good real world example, is watching programmers on Twitch. Viewer(s) can see things the (usually very) experienced person misses. (Can pretend just 1 viewer for this pair programming case). As the 2nd person usually has a "whole picture" view. Same phenomenon happens anytime you watch some doing something or you experienced getting watch by others, there's always "back seat diving"... Of choice you have to be good at taking and sharing the criticism/advice/correction
Omg @dave31415 , that video is so perfect, especially for this site! Gold. I'm going to have to use the cutlery method in the future...Fork-Spoon-Knife. I've actually been trying to do a cuddle-n-code session, kinda like cuddling while gaming, but haven't found the right opportunity or project yet.
DIBOL just started this new job recently, but I imagine a day will arrive soon enough where I'm going to need a daylong hug to get through coding a new feature
MEAN stack but more focus on front end. I work remotely so have to zoom to pair program. It would be awesome if there were local cuddlers here to could pair program with me in person. Only problem is so many people dont do same day and i cant predict which days in the future i get stumped and want a buddy to work with me
I do most things in bash, the Bourne Again Shell. Early on in this job I was told "you're not paid to be a programmer". Well, fine, Mr.VP but this thing needs to be done NOW, on 2200 machines, not when the programmers get around to it in a few months, and they don't have access to the production machines anyway, and it's not suitable for Java, so..... It turns out I'm "allowed" to write scripts to automate processes, so I do.
@dontremember Yeah, I sympathize. One of my employers had a strict separation between programming and scripting...
Typescript, Solidity, and Rust.
@zerocantaloupe at my last job, the Powers That Be wanted their whizz-bang programming team to convert my monitoring scripts to use CA Wylie (or however that's spelt) so I gave them a doc that said to login on a web page, navigate to a certain page, then check that there was a file in the list that was newer than 6 months. Or something like that. So, they came back with a Wylie script to do that. I pointed out to them that they had hardwired a date into the script, so in 6 months it would quit working. What they had done was open the Wylie scripting program, which brings up a browser. They navigated the web pages and it saved everything they did, including the date they entered. It worked for them NOW, but they never looked at the script to see if it would work forever. My shell script was creating that date on the fly, so it WOULD work forever...
I have been programming in SQL since the early 2000s , now I work in Postgres , Python and JavaScript.
I took one semester of Basic and made a "B". Lol. I've heard of Fortran and Java; that's it. Interesting thread, even without knowledge of most of it. I like to watch big brains whirring.