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Those everyone hates, and those nobody uses (like R).
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... and, looking it up, it already sounds deadly boring. For 40 years now I have only chosen languages that can be used to write lightning fast graphics code or otherwise help to make games.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I heard of this R programming language recently, well only a few minutes ago after reading this poll. Should I feel guilty??? 
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Can't be so recent. I slept for hours after reading the first few words of the description of that boring thing.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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... always up to no good! I can tell, because they're always plotting something.
I'll get my coat on my way out.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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... a language, it's something created by statisticians which makes any normal programmer cringe when looking at it with it's weird way of doing things, and will drive you mad when trying to reason about it.
Nobody tried to fix it in 25 years, and it has become "the Stockholm syndrome" of languages (sorry notations/scripts).
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Knowing how VB is despised/shamed here, I wonder just how many still use it but just don't like to talk about it. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I second that! Even if luckily I can't say I'm using it anymore - for now. We all know it's still in production, we all know that someday it will need to be maintained or ported and there is no need to say who will do it, being one of the last people in my company that knows VB6 and has sizeable experience with it.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Quote: being one of the last people in my company that knows VB6 and has sizeable experience with it.
I had a similar experience with VB3 .. corporates do take a long time to port to a more modern language don't they.
Anyhow, being one of very few people still working (i.e. not retired ) who had sizeable experience in VB3, I got the contract. And very lucrative it was too 
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Sometimes a trip to Hell pays after a while
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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One of our latest clients complained that our apps have an 'Windows XP look' while they really have an ugly mix between local system's and Windows 98 look. We're working on porting our monolithic apps though, now that 20 years later, the software development technology has finally caught up with the marvels of the legendary VB6   ...
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Does anyone have a doubt how it will end up? I guess similar to R. Dispite the fact that this language built MS into a global powerhouse.
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SeasonedGuru wrote: this language built MS into a global powerhouse.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I used (6.0) for a big project, so I save the right to despise it as much as I want to
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Unforgivable, unless someone threatened your life or your family if you did not use it.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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It wasn't my choice... And - at least - I got money for it...
(the story in short: the company looked for the next development platform and went for MS. MS invited us to it's DNA Lab and interview us about the project. At the end they told the Visual Basic 6.0 - then new - is the best tool and made a demo. The PM/Owner liked the idea, so went home to blood, sweat, and tears....)
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Only Pirates use Ahrrrr
Got my site back up after my time in the woods!
JaxCoder.com
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Beat you by nearly eight hours!
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Damn that's what I get for not reading the fine print!
Got my site back up after my time in the woods!
JaxCoder.com
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Beat you by 5 hours!
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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...but got away with not having to.
I was asked to assist a non-programmer doing some research and using 'R' to debug his program. I managed to persuade everyone that he would be better off doing it himself. It had so much overhead in setting up, getting permissions, etc. that any time I saved him would be wasted. 
Luckily, they believed the b*llsh*t, took the bait and let me off the project. Phew! That was a close call. 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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My next progression is D language. Not sure if I ever reach R in my lifetime!
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