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What's your least favourite of these languages to code in?

Survey period: 17 Oct 2022 to 24 Oct 2022

And no, you can't pick more than 1. Add a comment if there's another language that bugs you even more.

OptionVotes% 
Javascript17019.10
VB6 / VBA13715.39
Any Terminal Script language (Powershell, bash, AppleScript etc))12113.60
Any form of Assembly11412.81
Python9210.34
Java829.21
C++819.10
Objective-C596.63
C343.82



 
GeneralPerl is Pain Pin
StatementTerminator20-Oct-22 13:34
StatementTerminator20-Oct-22 13:34 
GeneralRe: Perl is Pain Pin
MikeCO1021-Oct-22 3:14
MikeCO1021-Oct-22 3:14 
GeneralThe real answer (for me, at least) Pin
Stuart Dootson20-Oct-22 7:00
professionalStuart Dootson20-Oct-22 7:00 
GeneralTypical JavaScript situation Pin
RickZeeland19-Oct-22 1:29
mveRickZeeland19-Oct-22 1:29 
GeneralRe: Typical JavaScript situation Pin
Daniel Pfeffer19-Oct-22 5:32
professionalDaniel Pfeffer19-Oct-22 5:32 
GeneralIt makes me happy to see that Tcl is not on the list Pin
trønderen19-Oct-22 0:45
trønderen19-Oct-22 0:45 
GeneralRe: It makes me happy to see that Tcl is not on the list Pin
Daniel Pfeffer19-Oct-22 5:26
professionalDaniel Pfeffer19-Oct-22 5:26 
GeneralRe: It makes me happy to see that Tcl is not on the list Pin
Jalapeno Bob19-Oct-22 9:12
professionalJalapeno Bob19-Oct-22 9:12 
GeneralRe: It makes me happy to see that Tcl is not on the list Pin
PIEBALDconsult20-Oct-22 4:22
mvePIEBALDconsult20-Oct-22 4:22 
GeneralAda, FORTRAN, COBOL Pin
Jalapeno Bob18-Oct-22 12:19
professionalJalapeno Bob18-Oct-22 12:19 
GeneralRe: Ada, FORTRAN, COBOL Pin
Roger Wright18-Oct-22 15:28
professionalRoger Wright18-Oct-22 15:28 
GeneralRe: Ada, FORTRAN, COBOL Pin
trønderen19-Oct-22 0:33
trønderen19-Oct-22 0:33 
GeneralRe: Ada, FORTRAN, COBOL Pin
Roger Wright21-Oct-22 11:04
professionalRoger Wright21-Oct-22 11:04 
GeneralDon't Care, Just Let me Write Code Already Pin
Shmoken9918-Oct-22 7:25
Shmoken9918-Oct-22 7:25 
GeneralNot exactly a programming language but . . . Pin
MarkTJohnson18-Oct-22 3:14
professionalMarkTJohnson18-Oct-22 3:14 
GeneralPerl Pin
megaadam18-Oct-22 3:07
professionalmegaadam18-Oct-22 3:07 
GeneralHonest answer Pin
Gary Wheeler18-Oct-22 2:26
Gary Wheeler18-Oct-22 2:26 
GeneralRe: Honest answer Pin
Kirk 1038982118-Oct-22 3:57
Kirk 1038982118-Oct-22 3:57 
GeneralRe: Honest answer Pin
ted.korny18-Oct-22 14:18
ted.korny18-Oct-22 14:18 
GeneralRe: Honest answer Pin
trønderen19-Oct-22 1:14
trønderen19-Oct-22 1:14 
GeneralAll of these languages leave a lot to be desired Pin
rjmoses18-Oct-22 0:33
professionalrjmoses18-Oct-22 0:33 
GeneralRe: All of these languages leave a lot to be desired Pin
trønderen19-Oct-22 0:36
trønderen19-Oct-22 0:36 
GeneralI like how Assembly is not at the top Pin
den2k8817-Oct-22 21:24
professionalden2k8817-Oct-22 21:24 
GeneralRe: I like how Assembly is not at the top Pin
OriginalGriff17-Oct-22 21:54
mveOriginalGriff17-Oct-22 21:54 
Assembly language programming is fun, I enjoyed it for many decades.
It takes a specific mindset though: if you don't "get it" than you'll struggle and hate it. I think it's a load easier to go from "good assembler developer" to "good high level developer" than it is to go the other way - which may be why so many people hate it.

I started with COBOL at Uni (which is "English with a small vocabulary") and FORTRAN (which was "Assembler with less lines to type") to Assembler, then then up the Algol / Pascal / C / C++ / C# ladder, often in parallel.
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GeneralRe: I like how Assembly is not at the top Pin
den2k8817-Oct-22 21:59
professionalden2k8817-Oct-22 21:59 

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