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Programming Languages

October 14, 2011 author:

So anyone want to guess at how many different programming languages exist? And have been used at least a couple of times? I discovered the following interesting URL: http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Programming_Tasks. Basically it lists a large number (>100) of different programming tasks and algorithms . You pick your algorithm, then they show you contributions coded in different programming languages. Granted there are occasionally holes in the matrix, yet it is amazing how much programming languages are similar and yet different.

Alternately you can go to the language tab on the left and look at all the algorithms contributed in that language.

Hopefully you find it useful.  —John Emrich

  1. October 29th, 2011 at 01:05 | #1

    Great post, John. Thanks!

    I have programmed in about 37 languages.

    ADS/O

    ALGOL

    APL

    ASP

    Assemlby – x86

    BASIC

    C

    C#

    C++

    CBASIC

    COBOL

    CSS

    CULPRIT

    DCL

    DOS Batch Command Language’

    FORTRAN IV

    GMAP – H6000 Mainframe

    Honeywell System Software Utilities (FILSYS, Link, etc.)

    HTML

    JAVA

    JavaScript

    JCL (Honeywell 6000 Mainframe)

    JCL (IBM – OS/390)

    JOVIAL

    Karel

    KIXStart

    MDQS

    PARADOX Application Language

    PERL

    PL/SQL

    Pseudo Language

    SNOBOL

    SQL

    T-SQL

    UML

    VBScript

    Visual Basic (3, 4, 5, 6, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008)

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