KoolHndLuke Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 I'm taking some classes this fall that cover basic programming and I was surprised at how widely used the C programming language is. So I started digging and found a couple of interesting articles. All I can say is I am intrigued (and feeling a bit overwhelmed by all this information). Comments? https://www.toptal.com/c/after-all-these-years-the-world-is-still-powered-by-c-programming https://www.quora.com/Why-are-games-written-in-C++
spoonsinger Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 Kind of curious. Which language did you think was "running" the world?
KoolHndLuke Posted September 4, 2019 Author Posted September 4, 2019 7 hours ago, spoonsinger said: Kind of curious. Which language did you think was "running" the world? Just a quick check revealed at least 256 programming languages, yet C is still the most widely used. I guess I never really thought about it. But I'm sure you were born knowing that, huh?
spoonsinger Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 19 minutes ago, KoolHndLuke said: Just a quick check revealed at least 256 programming languages, yet C is still the most widely used. I guess I never really thought about it. But I'm sure you were born knowing that, huh? I wasn't being offensive in my query. Why get all moody and petulant with your reply? I was just really curious as to what you thought was the most used language being used before you found out otherwise. It's just my inquiring mind - which I was born with.
reddominator93 Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 12 minutes ago, spoonsinger said: I wasn't being offensive in my query. Why get all moody and petulant with your reply? I was just really curious as to what you thought was the most used language being used before you found out otherwise. It's just my inquiring mind - which I was born with. my pp is erect
spoonsinger Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 3 minutes ago, reddominator93 said: my pp is erect Well stop sticking it into cheese while doing the shopping.
Fotogen Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 Most big programs, apps, whatever you call them, are hybrid. Lowlevel heavy lifting is done on C/C++, high level interface is done in some scripting language. Example? Skyrim! High level stuff is in Papyrus, lowlevel is C/C++ (think SKSE).
Guest Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 33 minutes ago, Fotogen said: Lowlevel heavy lifting is done on C/C++, high level interface is done in some scripting language. And a lot of high level languages use compilers or interpreters written in C/C++ too! For example, Google Chrome's V8 engine for JavaScript is written in C++ and the most common Python interpreter (CPython) is written in C. Essentially, C/C++ are used to make other programming languages.
ToJKa Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 F-35 Lightning, probably the most advanced fighter jet in the world currently, runs on C as well. But yes, if you want to do something serious, you use C. I'm only half-serious and -assed, so i use C# ?
KoolHndLuke Posted September 4, 2019 Author Posted September 4, 2019 3 hours ago, spoonsinger said: I wasn't being offensive in my query. Why get all moody and petulant with your reply? I was just really curious as to what you thought was the most used language being used before you found out otherwise. It's just my inquiring mind - which I was born with. Sorry. Having a bad day. Trying to learn Linux right now and I'm wondering why. I mean I've never used any other os besides windows.
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