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What are the most important languages in the future of Windows Development?   [Edit]

Survey period: 15 Sep 2003 to 21 Sep 2003

C# is still the Bright Young Thing, XML still sexy, and C++ the workhorse. Which language(s) (or meta language) do you think will be the most important to you in the future?

OptionVotes% 
C++ (with or without Managed Extensions)1,17557.65
C#1,11054.47
VB.NET26913.20
XML (inc. XSLT, XSL, DTDs, XSD, XPath, XQuery, and SOAP)77538.03
Javascript / DHTML1567.65
Java24111.83
SQL49024.04
Perl562.75
Other683.34
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

View optional text answers (165 answers)


 
GeneralXML + XSLT Pin
TW15-Sep-03 4:07
TW15-Sep-03 4:07 
GeneralRe: XML not a language Pin
Zac Howland15-Sep-03 8:59
Zac Howland15-Sep-03 8:59 
GeneralRe: XML not a language Pin
Stan Shannon15-Sep-03 11:50
Stan Shannon15-Sep-03 11:50 
GeneralRe: XML not a language Pin
Paul David Anderson17-Sep-03 3:23
Paul David Anderson17-Sep-03 3:23 
GeneralManaged Code Pin
Furty14-Sep-03 20:38
Furty14-Sep-03 20:38 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
Anonymous14-Sep-03 21:27
Anonymous14-Sep-03 21:27 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
Furty14-Sep-03 22:15
Furty14-Sep-03 22:15 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
Navin15-Sep-03 3:16
Navin15-Sep-03 3:16 
Furty wrote:
If you're part of the crowd that likes to make your money from developing for Windows, the writing certainly seems to be on the proverbial wall, and the decision seems to have been made for you already.

Assuming Longhorn ever ships... Unsure | :~ Big Grin | :-D

Yes, it does seem like managed code will be essential for Longhorn and future OSes... but right now, 100% of the customer base is *not* running Longhorn, since it isn't out yet.


If your nose runs and your feet smell, then you're built upside down.
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
Anonymous15-Sep-03 3:33
Anonymous15-Sep-03 3:33 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
TW15-Sep-03 4:10
TW15-Sep-03 4:10 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
Navin15-Sep-03 4:20
Navin15-Sep-03 4:20 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
Anonymous15-Sep-03 4:36
Anonymous15-Sep-03 4:36 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
TW15-Sep-03 4:45
TW15-Sep-03 4:45 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
Anonymous15-Sep-03 4:48
Anonymous15-Sep-03 4:48 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
Anonymous15-Sep-03 4:48
Anonymous15-Sep-03 4:48 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
Navin15-Sep-03 10:17
Navin15-Sep-03 10:17 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
Furty15-Sep-03 13:27
Furty15-Sep-03 13:27 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
TW15-Sep-03 22:48
TW15-Sep-03 22:48 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
Vladimir Afanasyev15-Sep-03 22:58
Vladimir Afanasyev15-Sep-03 22:58 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
TW18-Sep-03 0:15
TW18-Sep-03 0:15 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
Furty19-Sep-03 15:15
Furty19-Sep-03 15:15 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
Zac Howland15-Sep-03 9:04
Zac Howland15-Sep-03 9:04 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
Navin15-Sep-03 10:18
Navin15-Sep-03 10:18 
GeneralRe: Managed Code Pin
Zac Howland15-Sep-03 10:27
Zac Howland15-Sep-03 10:27 
GeneralI almost... Pin
J. Dunlap14-Sep-03 19:18
J. Dunlap14-Sep-03 19:18 

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