What programming languages do you know?

[Stephen Coates]

If programming the microwave oven to heat up last evening's leftovers counts, then yeah, I know a programming language!

Otherwise, my knowledge of programming is exactly zip, zero, zilch, nada. I was never interested in writing code, even though I was a total computer geek. Big respect to people who can, though. All that hocus pocus sounds mighty complicated to me.

I don't think Microwave oven counts, but they are electronics devices that need to be programmes, and they are all different, so I suppose it could be.

In addition to BBC BASIC, I also know a tiny bit of HTML.

[Harrison]

Some state that they don't recognise HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) as a language, which in a way is true because although it does contain structure, it doesn't in itself contain any logic and requires another proper language (such as ASP or PHP) to provide the logic. HTML is really just a document layout structure describer that other languages use to output their end results, which is then itself passed through a parser (the browser) which interpretes how it should look.

But, without HTML (or XHTML as should now be used) any serverside code wouldn't have a way to display its end results, so I see it more as a component of all web development languages, rather than as a language in its own right. The same is true of CSS and all derivations of XML.

[Submeg]

pfft nerds.

[Harrison]

*cough* And who here is actually doing a degree in programming?

[Submeg]

not me, Im an ENGINEER. lol actually, I had to go see my program director today, worked out some little kinks, cant wait til 2009 will be such an easy year

[Harrison]

But an engineer is someone who uses other people inventions/code to solve a problem.

[AlexJ]

But an engineer is someone who uses other people inventions/code to solve a problem.

Adapting and implementing an existing system is one thing an engineer might do. It's quite possible though that they would have to design a completely new system.

[Puni/Void]

The only programming language I feel really comfortable with, is AMOS. Have been coding in this language since the middle of the 90's and I still find it fun.

I also have a bit of experience with Blitz Basic, but not enough to sign it up as a language I know.

[Submeg]

But an engineer is someone who uses other people inventions/code to solve a problem.

Adapting and implementing an existing system is one thing an engineer might do. It's quite possible though that they would have to design a completely new system.

If I was a software engineer, maybe....I'm more looking at the bigger stuff...screw making code, that sh1t is fcuked.

[Stephen Coates]

What kind of engineer are you Submeg?