Whats the programming language of today?
 

just wondering, i am seeing alot of PHP programmers wanted

BUT

i see tons of sites using ASP

any ideas what lang is better? :helpme
is asp more secure?

Php Get Some

is it safer? or it all depends on the programmer you have?

php is great..

php is fun and easy to use

programming languages more or less are all only as good as the programmer.. obviously something compiled is going to be faster then something interpreted but when it comes down to it as far as security and how well something runs thats the programmer and not the program

PHP is now. If you want a truly powerful one that can do web, and stand along, go with Pearl

perl :P I think python is a underestimated language as well

Perl scripts are great but as previously mentioned weakest link is the programmer :2 cents:

firmware - C, asm
drivers - C, C++
web - php, perl, java
desktop apps - C++, C#
server - C++, java, C#

ruby on rails

Practical Extraction and Report Language - PERL
no a in it.

Asp.net!!

It ENTIRELY depends on what you or the company you want to work for wants to do.

If you're wondering what to get trained in and you want to work in the Adult Industry, get really good at PHP, mySQL, Javascript, etc.

But if you're looking somewhere else for a job, do some research and figure out what the people in those companies use.

yea you wont find too many adult hosts running windows so php/mysql is the way to go for that also look into Ajax

But yeah, mostly everyone in the adult online industry uses php/perl + mysql, unfortunately, so be prepared to use those :/

isnt perl scripting from like 2001?

they did perl in 2001 they do it now. almost any sys admin has to do perl scripting, i have used perl for some apps that have come in handy

if you wanna get into it how old is C?

About 36 years old :thumbsup

C/C++ is perfect for client/server applications. For websites, I tend to prefer PHP5/MySQL.

For drivers, I use Assembly.

Perl is good to do unix scripts.

:thumbsup

Also, if you want to do a client application, I suggest you to use the wxWidgets library with C++. It just kicks ass and is portable :thumbsup

Just looked up php as well and in june it will be 11 years since it was first released.. Just because a language is old doesnt make it any less good.

From the php.net site: PHP has been awarded the Programming Language of 2004, according to the TIOBE Programming Community Index. This index uses information collected from the popular search engines, and are based on the world-wide availability of skilled engineers, courses and third party vendors.

Asp.net, C#, Ms Sql, Xml

ASP is the greatest

honest I rename all my .asp files .php to fool people

Today's language definately is PHP, in terms of how many use it and so on.

The next one is hard to predict, I am a bit scared of it going to be Ruby On Rails, but if that happends, even MORE people than now (because of PHP) that have no clue about programming will pretend they are programmers.

Ruby itself looks very interesting, I'm sure its going to blow up soon.

It just reminds me of Smalltalk, which reminds me off Lisp, which reminds me of crap like

( add ( 4, multiply ( 3, 5 ) ) )

Scary.

the ASP.NET framework rocks! I am all for ASP.NET C#

no idea, i barely know html

Python is amazing, yes.

But it's more for rapid prototyping and used as a "glue" language than anything I'd want for a scalable solution in a production environment.

I was the Vice President of Business Development for the company that released Python 2.0 ... I saw companies like Google, Yahoo, Nasa, and Disney making use of its power. Good times!

LOL .. that piece of shit? God, I hope not!

asp.net is much more flexible, php was developed for simple things and then added on and added on and added on.

php is good for 95% of what i do, but there is no replacement for asp.net

pee eich pee

C++ for non web stuff, PHP, Perl, Ruby on Rails for web stuff. Java is nice for both.

PHP it's grate!

php fo rizzle

I like PHP it's easy to use, but it's so easy to writes shite code with it.

I quite like Ruby on Rails as a RAD language, but I think it need a few more versions under it's belt.

nothing beats C

1. perl (mod_perl)
2. php

Not really a 'programming' language.