Computer Languages

Parrakarry · 08-02-2004, 01:16 PM

What computer languages do you know?

Personally, I know HTML, Python, some C/C++, and of course I can do binary, hex, octal, all that good stuff, although it's easier to use a translating device.

***Ace Mercury*** · 08-02-2004, 06:29 PM

I started out with Pascal (or, Hypercard, if you want to go even further into the past), and then moved onto C. I can read a bit of BASIC and assembly; stuff I learned while 'studying' for the ACSL. I can make HTML pages in notepad that would make an six-year-old awestruck.

I guess that's it.

DarthButcher · 08-02-2004, 06:34 PM

A pretty good knowledge of basic HTML, a little tiny non-basic. That's it. Heck, I am only 12! Some binary too.

Where is the idiot running to? Why to Nintendo Mania of course. Just follow him for the time of your life.

Jonathan Resop · 08-02-2004, 06:36 PM

A know a lot of the standard languages... With my degree in comp sci, I'm pretty well prepared to work with any language, so long as I learn a little about each one's particular structure and syntax.

But I've used Q Basic, Visual Basic, Hypercard (I loved Hypercard), C, C++, Java (I loathe Java), Pearl, Prolog, and probably some other ones.

I love programming in VB for fun.-jay

Valentine · 08-02-2004, 07:39 PM

Im just going into the third year of my comp sci degree at the end of summer.

I know a bit of Visual Basic, Basic, C, Java and XHTML but so far the main languages we've been using are Ada 95 and Haskell.

Parrakarry · 08-03-2004, 12:04 AM

homer · 08-03-2004, 09:24 PM

I'm into Binary, I know a little C++.

imported_Andrew · 08-03-2004, 10:24 PM

HTML and UBB. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Oh, and right with Calvin and Hobbes, Foxtrot is tied for the best comic ever. The tech references are awesome, no other comic has stuff like that.

Oh, and what's the point of knowing binary? Can you actually program anything with it? Isn't that like, typing the letter "A" to the computer is "0000000001" or whatever?

***Heroine of the Dragon*** · 08-04-2004, 05:26 AM

You're supposed to actually know computer language? *whispers* Don't tell Shane... but I can't even work through my "html for faeries" book!!!

mango · 08-04-2004, 01:26 PM

I know HTML and javascript, if you consider those languages. I also know Python and Visual Basic.

F-ZERO_X · 09-06-2004, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ^Parrakarry:

I love foxtrot too! The best comics are: Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield and Foxtrot.

[img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img]

Masamune · 09-06-2004, 10:43 AM

I've mostly used C++, I know a bit of Java, Visual Basic (I'd be shocked if I remembered any), and right now I'm working on PHP.

Cham Zord · 09-06-2004, 11:14 AM

I know HTML and I'm learning both Visual Basic 6.0 and C++.

UserGoogol · 09-12-2004, 05:48 PM

Binary isn't really a programming language per se. It's a system for encoding numbers. It's useful because everything in computers is stored in binary, and as a result, knowing it lets you get a little lower level.

The machine code of a programming language is, however, stored in binary. You see, programs are stored in memory, and the CPU reads the program to know what to do. Of course, even people who program the most low-level of code usually don't memorize the actual binary numbers which represent the commands. Instead, they use assembly, which consists of a series of mnemonic devices.

For example, on a hypothetical machine, a program which loads two numbers from memory, adds them, and loads the answer back into memory might look something like this:

</font><blockquote>code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">DLOD #127
MOV MX AX
DLOD #128
MOV MX BX
ADD
MOV DX MX
ULOD #129</pre>[/quote]And each word would, in the final machine code, be replaced by a number represented in binary.

08-02-2004, 01:16 PM	#1
Parrakarry Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 10,684 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 9,811.87 Bank: 634.12 Total Points: 10,445.99 Donate	What computer languages do you know? Personally, I know HTML, Python, some C/C++, and of course I can do binary, hex, octal, all that good stuff, although it's easier to use a translating device.

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08-02-2004, 06:34 PM	#3
DarthButcher Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Arizona Gender: Posts: 2,518 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 37,015.96 Bank: 510.00 Total Points: 37,525.96 Donate	A pretty good knowledge of basic HTML, a little tiny non-basic. That's it. Heck, I am only 12! Some binary too. Where is the idiot running to? Why to Nintendo Mania of course. Just follow him for the time of your life.

08-02-2004, 06:36 PM	#4
Jonathan Resop Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 37,824.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 38,324.00 Donate	A know a lot of the standard languages... With my degree in comp sci, I'm pretty well prepared to work with any language, so long as I learn a little about each one's particular structure and syntax. But I've used Q Basic, Visual Basic, Hypercard (I loved Hypercard), C, C++, Java (I loathe Java), Pearl, Prolog, and probably some other ones. I love programming in VB for fun.-jay

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imported_Andrew Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 9,577.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 10,077.00 Donate	HTML and UBB. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Oh, and right with Calvin and Hobbes, Foxtrot is tied for the best comic ever. The tech references are awesome, no other comic has stuff like that. Oh, and what's the point of knowing binary? Can you actually program anything with it? Isn't that like, typing the letter "A" to the computer is "0000000001" or whatever?

08-04-2004, 05:26 AM	#9
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mango Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,926 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 708.23 Bank: 510.00 Total Points: 1,218.23 Donate	I know HTML and javascript, if you consider those languages. I also know Python and Visual Basic.

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Masamune Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Indiana Gender: Posts: 4,935 Thanks: 14 Thanked 8 Times in 2 Posts Points: 2,303.46 Bank: 510.00 Total Points: 2,813.46 Donate	I've mostly used C++, I know a bit of Java, Visual Basic (I'd be shocked if I remembered any), and right now I'm working on PHP.

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09-12-2004, 05:48 PM	#14
UserGoogol Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Greater Boston Area Gender: Posts: 4,024 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 5,380.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 5,880.00 Donate	Binary isn't really a programming language per se. It's a system for encoding numbers. It's useful because everything in computers is stored in binary, and as a result, knowing it lets you get a little lower level. The machine code of a programming language is, however, stored in binary. You see, programs are stored in memory, and the CPU reads the program to know what to do. Of course, even people who program the most low-level of code usually don't memorize the actual binary numbers which represent the commands. Instead, they use assembly, which consists of a series of mnemonic devices. For example, on a hypothetical machine, a program which loads two numbers from memory, adds them, and loads the answer back into memory might look something like this: </font><blockquote>code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">DLOD #127 MOV MX AX DLOD #128 MOV MX BX ADD MOV DX MX ULOD #129</pre>[/quote]And each word would, in the final machine code, be replaced by a number represented in binary.