[left that other site]

C#?

It uses all the black keys.

You know, the ones that stick up.

:-)

[Tax-chick]

How do you say C#? Is it “C-Number”? “C-Pound”? Or (gag) “C-Hashtag”?

[Nowhere Man]

Bummer, BASIC did not make the list.

[PAR35]

But what languages are the companies actually using? How many are still on COBOL?

[posterchild]

Did the poll limit the choices or ask ~1100 people what they use? What they list as ‘least popular’ are still pretty popular. What about Groovy? Scala? Clojure? What about older languages like Ada, Cobol, Lisp, APL? There are many further down the list.

[Fresh Wind]

I prefer D-FLAT.

[IronJack]

LOL! So that's this year's "big news." Java is entrenched, and it's not going to disappear. In the end, if you can code C, C++, or any of the other "alphabet" variants, you can code Java. Similarly, if you know Java, you can code the others. Use the one that works best in your application.

And this is coming from a guy who got his start coding macro CICS under IBM 360 Assembler.

[TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed]

This is pure BS. Java is entrenched. C# is a Microsoft product.

Programmers are smart.

With C#, you have to wear the Microsoft handcuffs and stay on variants of Windows platforms.

With Java, you are free to come and go as you please on any platform in the world.

So, what do you think smart programmers will want - a small prison or a wide open range?

[freds6girlies]

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[reed13k]

one and zeroes baby - ones and zeros.