In order:

- BASIC
- DBASE IV
- DBASE V
- C
- COBOL
- RPG
- RPG II
- C++
- KICKS COBOL
- Visual Basic
- First Job - Home grown language + db (yeesh what a mess)
- Delphi
- Java
- PHP
- HTML
- CSS
- Javascript (Vanilla, jQuery, Backbone, Vue.js, Angular, React)

How so? I've always found C# docs to be quite a bit better than the equivalent Sun/Oracle's Java docs. Language features like auto-property/fields, Lamda expressions, LINQ, etc have been sorely missed in Java (at least by me) until recently. Admittedly, the C# frameworks are a bit lacking compared to the Java ecosystem though. I will admit that I've had to get back into Java recently for my job and after starting to use IntelliJ, it's actually made Java mor enjoyable.

My programming started with BASIC on an IBM XT back in the 80s and various programming books, mainly just copying the programs as written then trying to modify them. This book in particular was pivotal for me as I loved the old Infocom text adventures of the time:

Write Your Own Adventure Programs For Your Microcomputer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxv0SsvibDMTYkFJbUswOHFQclE/view

(It looks like these books were released for free by Usborne: https://usborne.com/browse-books/features/computer-and-coding-books/ ... what a nostalgia trip!)

In high-school I learned C and LISP for Autocad programming. I continued to learn about C (plus a little C++) and ASM thanks to John Carmack and DOOM/Quake. Wrote my own computer games (mainly RTS as the Command and Conquer series was big back then) ... nothing great but I thought they were cool.

Dabbled in Java a bit in college but ultimately shifted to C++ and C# after getting a consultancy job and that is what I continued with until recently. Now I'm back into Java and currently trying to catch up on all the front-end Javascript libraries now as well as tinkering with Perl, GO, and Objective-C.

As a kid:

- C64 BASIC interpreter
- Pascal

As a teenager/student/intern:

- Perl scripts
- Java
- x86 ASM
- C

20 years later, in video game development:

- C++ (/14, /17) for PC and console game clients
- HLSL for GPU shaders
- Python for support scripts and build systems
- Typescript/JavaScript for web client games
- C# for Unity games

Not me, but some of our backend server guys even use Go.

Python 3 and BASH. I supposed I should pick up some more Ruby, but it's becoming more and more of a corner-case language. I really do miss programming in X86 Assembly. Assembly is such a pure language and such a delight to work with.

I totally admire pure Java and C programmers.

THIS!

This x100,000.

I just program in Python and BASH; I can't imagine how much shit Java coders go through. No wonder those guys are so well paid.

Looks fun. Tom made at least 3 bad moves (imo) which surprised me. I just assumed someone as bright as him would be very good at game like this. Then again, i've played a shit ton of Backgammon. Maybe Tom hasn't played games like this before.

You can play here if you're interested https://www.yourturnmyturn.com/java/ur/index.php

*ban
Java Central
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2Nrx3NWwNI

Hmm, I see no game window. Is it Java?

Given the differences in design and intent, the similarities are remarkable.

I have a large number of embedded devices (mostly server manager cards or the like) that use java controls, and they generally don't have updates available, so the change to java security mandating a Permissions attribute in the manifest means I have a lot of entries in the java security exceptions list.

I don't particularly have a problem with java the language, but java plug-ins have become really painful.

At least they didn't make it Java based. Java made me take back everything bad I've ever said about Flash.

I'll be impressed when someone creates a Java machine in minecraft and then runs minecraft on minecraft. <gaffigan voice> Minecraft.

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I remember many moons ago while installing change kiosks for Chase Bank. We would install them 5 hours before they opened. I'll never forget seeing a group of zombies lining up at the door of this unlit building while we were setting up the kiosk. There must have been at least 30 of them when I last looked. I thought it was a methadone clinic. Nope, just overpriced java.

Easily described

Band made funny video to try and stop p2p users of Winny filesharing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winny

Quote:
Winny (also known as WinNY) is a Japanese peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing program which claims to be loosely inspired by the design principles behind the Freenet network, which makes user identities untraceable. While Freenet was implemented in Java, Winny was implemented as a Windows C++ application

No black french press java?