What's your language of choice?

hey, i'm lookn' for the graphics.h c++ head file.
i'm looked for it on the web, but can't find one without errors in it.  if you've good a error free one, please let me know.

thanks alot,
~j~

you realize thats for borland?

Cee-Plus-Plus, natch'

For versatility, portability, and a well-established code and documentation base, you won't beat it. To learn/improve, I'd recommend the MS VCC IDE... the IDE actually helps you with the syntax, so your' learning curve isn't quite so steep. Once you get the hang of it, you can hop onto Unix and use gcc or what-not. This is a very powerfull language, but the Object-Oriented Paradigm shift puts some people off at first. If you use C++, you should take the time to learn OO Design and UML. A great tool for doing this is a diagramming app like Visio or Rational's Rose. Gee, can you tell that I'm a software engineer?

Visual Basic is easy and fast, but I've had some minor trouble with it in the past. Especially when I use Microsoft Access for a data source! If you want to do web apps, however, this is an excellent language. The designers built tons of functionality into VB... for example, I can build a dialog box with a fully functional web browser in just a few lines of code. Sockets are a snap as well.

Perl is also a great language. What typically happens is that you write a short Perl script to do some task, and it eventually develops into a full-blown tool!

I'm just an amateur programmer learning C++ and PHP. Both are great languages but I like the web-based capabilities of PHP. Too bad PHP programs/scripts can't be compiled into local executable programs like C++.

Which language is more popular and superior? Perl or PHP? I personally prefer PHP. PHP just seems simpler to learn.

Last, is Visual Basic mostly "visual"? I guess so 'cause of its name huh. After learning HTML, PHP, and now C++ for a while, I feel unaccustomed to a mostly visual programming language. I don't know how or where to start.

For any who work with visual development platforms like Visual Basic, you can try Magenta Multimedia Tools, a new visual development platform. And it's free. To find out more go to http://www.magentammt.com

I use Chinaman.

Delphi....followed closely by English

Perl or mod-Perl why ? its amazing, it can stand alone or be used in C / C++

not unlike CoBol which used fortran / pascal

I've put together a module that emulates the Apache request object from CGI.

I stripped the CGI-dependent code from WWW::AdManager, and concentrated on getting the mod_perl-only module working through CGI. The result was Apache::Emulator.

Why would anyone want to do that ?
well it sure better than using unix / apache for setting up a server, and for people with limited Programming abilities, they can set up an apache server and manage it,

seems to me that I always try to get the best outta nearly extinct languages and O/S..

Perl specially mod_perl has not even started to cover its potential as a language..

also my ex employer / Company:
Company I worked  for had over 159 RF data collection devices world-wide.  The complete application is written in PERL, C++, and KORN SHELL scripts running at first on SCO UNIX but currently on HP UX.  There are 425 PERL programs, 5 C++ programs, and 132 KORN SHELL scripts.  The system is a completely home grown warehouse management system.  All menus, data handling, validations, loggings, device control, and system handling is written in PERL.  The KORN SHELL scripts are used for routine housekeeping.  The C++ programs are the "PIPES" into a SYBASE database.  Data and data requests are formatted and then placed into the "PIPES" which then pass the data to the correct SQL script to be handled.

SO, PERL isn't just for the WEB (although I do some CGI scripting as the Webmaster for my company), it can be for any type of application.

and last but not least, I am writing my own language based on Fortan and Pascal.....

1. Language Elements of TALC
1.1 Source Form
TALC source code is written on lines, which are defined as sequnces of characters terminated by a linefeed and/or carriage return character.  There is no limit on the length of
a line.
TALC allows any line to carry a traling comment field, following an exclamation mark (!).  For example,
x1 = (-b+sqrt(b^2-4*a*c))/(2*a)! solve the quadrati equation

just dabling at present but it will be worth while , I hope

[Uranium-235]

PHP

That site was great!  This is why I joined the forum to begin with.  All the heads thinking together really save a lot of time.