What is the best programming language out there today?

Please do not respond with, "It depends on .... " I'd just like to know what you think is the best language.

What is the best programming language out there today?
C++, hands down, is the best out there. It's not by any means the hardest out there to use and professionals do not find it hard, despite what a previous answerer said. There are much harder languages (assembler, anyone?) that really are hard. C++ gives you tremendous flexibility and produces tight, fast code.





Visual Basic is right behind it on my list. It's easier and you don't spend so much time on details. The idea is that you never have to worry about exactly how the array or string or whatever is handled. Eventually, however, you're going to NEED to control one of those details. This is where VB falls down. It's easy at first, but eventually you end up fighting the language trying to control or modify something it does "for you". With C++ there are libraries that do things for you, but you really can get behind the scenes and get the kind of control you need.





This is why professional programs are almost 100% C++. Visual basic for custom programs and little shareware apps, sure, but C++ is what real programs are written in.





Hope this helps.
Reply:Somewhere, I read, "The best programming language is the one you get paid to use."
Reply:C and languages dervied from C.
Reply:C++ works pretty much anywhere and you can write anything from video game to hardware drivers.
Reply:I'd say Java and PHP.
Reply:But it does depend...





For most of the work I do, I like Ada. I used to be a huge fan of C++, but now the only thing I think C++ really has on Ada is string processing (it's a pain in Ada). I don't do much of that, though. Ada is especially great for safety-critical systems--in-depth data typing mechanisms, safety features and checks, with all of the speed of C++.





Scripting-wise, Perl for sure. The pattern matching is unstoppable!
Reply:My programming languages,I think is C# or Visual Studio.
Reply:Well! C++ is best yes most powerful but it's hardest one learning c++ is challenge for programmers since even proffessional programmers also find C++ hard .......... it's infinite after you learn C++ anything possible.. to program, Virus and Operating system is just normal examples because there are lots of things that you can do beyond this........ it can't be stated because it's infinite ........................
Reply:Scripting - PERL





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