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Is the programming language you first learned one of the top 20 most popular?

Survey period: 1 Oct 2012 to 8 Oct 2012

For the sake of the survey we'll use this list as our Top 20, and further, variations on your first language (BASIC to Visual Basic, Pascal to Object Pascal) can be considered as the "same" language.

OptionVotes% 
Yes135276.821352 votes, 76.82%
No36220.57362 votes, 20.57%
I never learned a programming language.452.5645 votes, 2.56%



 
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GeneralA long roadmemberchippingtonderrick8 Oct '12 - 23:55 
An interesting question. I started out on BASIC at the age of 12 in 1972, then progressed through classics like FORTRAN IV and 66, obscure languages like JEAN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JEAN), and on through Algol, Snobol, Algol 68, Pascal (horrible to learn after A68!), C, Occam, Lisp,...
Answera little o manymembertokiotales8 Oct '12 - 19:05 
My first one was python, and to be honest , the experience was a mess, I officialy learned unltil I met pascal
GeneralNo - I learned Sinclair Basic first...memberKevin Bewley8 Oct '12 - 2:37 
Then C then C#.. with a bit of Perl, Python and Java on the way.
GeneralThe least important thing.....memberVivic6 Oct '12 - 21:49 
... is the programming language.   A programmer first makes the effort required to understand the problem. He then mentally prepares a roadmap to the solution, be it through decomposition into functions, subroutines, classes, objects, etc. (take your pick here).   Once a solution...
GeneralEasyUOmemberCésar de Souza5 Oct '12 - 11:25 
My first programming language was a macro programming language for Ultima Online   It had a very interesting feature. You could use "." to concatenate variable names (not variable contents). So you could have a variable named a, another named b, and obtain another another named ab...
GeneralFortran 77!memberSperneder Patrick5 Oct '12 - 2:31 
... what else ?
GeneralRe: Fortran 77!memberRedSonja8 Oct '12 - 3:18 
You wash your mouth out!   ~~~~~~~ <;,>< ~~~~~~~~~~~
GeneralRe: Fortran 77!memberSperneder Patrick8 Oct '12 - 23:08 
with soap ?
GeneralRe: Fortran 77!memberRedSonja9 Oct '12 - 21:58 
with alcohol if you prefer...   ~~~~~~~ &lt;;,&gt;&lt; ~~~~~~~~~~~
GeneralRe: Fortran 77!memberSperneder Patrick9 Oct '12 - 22:01 
i do prefer
GeneralMy Programming LanguagesmemberVasudevan Deepak Kumar4 Oct '12 - 10:02 
Started with   Fortran 77 Cobol (I think it is Cobol 95) Turbo C/C++ Classic ASP PHP ASP.NET/C# ... Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal HomepageTech Gossips The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before...
GeneralC64 BasicmemberSteve Maier4 Oct '12 - 4:55 
I was going to put C64 machine code since I did not have an assembler, but then I remembered that I would call the machine code routines from Basic. Steve Maier
GeneralFF =>memberW Balboos4 Oct '12 - 4:38 
FORTRAN - Forever!   "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are...
GeneralFirst LanguagememberPrasanta_Prince4 Oct '12 - 2:06 
Turbo C
GeneralRe: First LanguagememberTejas Vaishnav4 Oct '12 - 23:19 
I have also stated with Turbo C Thanks & Regards Tejas Vaishnav Find me on Facebook | Blog
GeneralRe: First Languagememberyafan5 Oct '12 - 8:54 
Turbo C.   Cheers.
GeneralLanguages that I have learnt.memberVijay Sringeri3 Oct '12 - 19:53 
I started with programming in "C" and then went on to learn..   C++ -> Java -> .Net -> HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, AJAX..   F# is my next target.. Regards, Vijay   Blog : Amusement of a speculative mind...[^] Projects : Amusement of a dilettante mind...[^]
GeneralFirst Languagememberffulton3 Oct '12 - 7:21 
My First was Machine Code on an RCA 1802 microprocessor. I then Learned FORTRAN 77. Don't use either of them any More. But I do use 9 of the Top 20
GeneralRe: First LanguagememberCDP18026 Oct '12 - 6:50 
ffulton wrote:My First was Machine Code on an RCA 1802 microprocessor. Same here, but I still have my old computer and have replaced all damaged parts and undone all (not always wise) 'improvements'. It's now in good shape again and that's how it's supposed to stay.   Sometimes I still...
GeneralGW BasicmvpAbhinav S3 Oct '12 - 7:10 
Does GW Basic ring a bell? WP7.5 Apps - XKCD | Calvin | SMBC | Sound Meter | Speed Dial
GeneralRe: GW Basicmembermla1543 Oct '12 - 9:41 
Yes Regards, Mike
GeneralRe: GW BasicmemberMenelaos Vergis3 Oct '12 - 23:34 
GW Basic at an Amstrad 6128
GeneralRe: GW Basicmemberlukeer4 Oct '12 - 2:46 
That was it, back then in school. After each change, you had to hit "Enter" at the end of the code line. Otherwise the change would have no effect. Ciao,   luker
GeneralRe: GW Basicmemberdexterama4 Oct '12 - 6:21 
Yeah, who could ever forget a language with line numbers! Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that. - George Carlin
General'C' Programming: My first language and my first LovememberRavi Sant3 Oct '12 - 6:20 
I would love programming in C even today and reminds me of good old days.   (Now-a-days, I have my hands on C#) // ♫ 99 little bugs in the code, // 99 bugs in the code // We fix a bug, compile it again // 101 little bugs in the code ♫   Tell your manager, while you code:...

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