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From: Roy Gardiner <gardinerr@dcslambert.agw.bt.co.uk>
Subject: Language wars (6th September)
Date: 1996/09/06
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This thread is a periodic repost of 'our favourite languages', started as 
light relief from the PL/I vs ADA debate in comp.lang.pli and other 
groups. Please cross-post to any group you see fit. To contribute, send 
an e-mail to me gardinerr@dcslambert.agw.bt.co.uk) indicating your 
'favourite' languages, in order 1 to 4 (or less, if you only like 1 or 2 
languages).

Rules: 

1) You may not vote for the language you learned first as no. 1. So 
'everyone always loves their first language best' is eliminated.

2) You may only vote for languages where you have good practical 
experience

So far, everyone has been polite and I have not been flamed --- !


The Language Preference Grid (6 September 1996)

               1   2   3   4
|------------|---|---|---|---|
| ada        | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| c          | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J          | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| APL        | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VB         | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|------------|---|---|---|---|
| pascal     | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| fortran    | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| lisp       | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| perl       | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| pli        | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|------------|---|---|---|---|
| orwell     | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bliss      | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| X86 BAL    | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pick basic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|------------|---|---|---|---|
| postScript | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| IDL        | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| COBOL      | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scan       | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8086 BAL   | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |


Roy Gardiner