your favorite programming language and why?

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44. C and C++ for me ...

In college, I learned COBOL, RPGII, Assembler, and BASIC (the old version with line numbers and lots of gotos).

For a college practicum, I wrote some COBOL for the college.

On my first programming job, while still in college, I learned an obscure language called Databus. It is like a combination of BASIC and assembler, but twelve times as slow. It was for an online ticketing site (1986!)

After graduation, in my first job, I got hired because I knew Databus. There was an ancillary system that used "Charles River UNOS" that was written in "C". The person maintaining that app left the company, and I got assigned to learn "C" on the job. I never looked back!

My next job I got because I had learned "C" and had a little UNIX knowledge from the previous job. I had some great programmers who were my leaders and my peers. I learned a great deal about "C" and programming in general from them. I became the UNIX Sys Admin on Motorola and SCO XENIX and UNIX systems.

In 1991, a group of us decided to learn C++. We set up classes in our office and once a week, one of us would lead the class and we all learned C++ for just the cost of our time.

Most of the rest of the time, I have written in C and C++. I also have programmed on the Windows side. C# is very nice for a proprietary language. I have done many projects in MFC of course.

Now, I'm sticking to "C" and C++, learning embedded Linux, playing with electronics and having a blast!