which programming language's syntax do you like the best?

tiin57, on 01 March 2013 - 05:56 AM said:

I prefer Java; I just wish it allowed code snippets that weren't contained in classes.

pingoleon60, on 01 March 2013 - 08:27 AM said:

Lua, of course, simple.

Java I dislike, because the type of variables add much complicated things.

oeed, on 01 March 2013 - 07:46 PM said:

3. [Square Brackets]! :D/> :D/>

InputUsername, on 02 March 2013 - 09:29 AM said:

Lua is nice and simple, perfect for ComputerCraft. But not more than that. Java sucks, C# & C++ too. I kind of like Game Maker Language but you can't really call that a language I guess. I'd say HTML as my favorite language xD

etopsirhc, on 02 March 2013 - 02:36 PM said:

java and c++

from there it just goes down hill

Cloudy, on 03 March 2013 - 12:12 AM said:

The syntax I like the best is the language I need to use at the time. I like Lua's simplicity and I like C-like syntax.

Lua is incredibly versatile and can do pretty much anything you want to do.

Squirrel looks kinda nice though.

Mads, on 01 March 2013 - 04:14 AM said:

Brainfuck!
–snip–

1. VisualBasic And LUA
2. JS And HTML(I know they are not real languages but I like them)
3. JAVA
4. PHP

DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder dBuilder = dbFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
Document doc = dBuilder.parse(derp);

superaxander, on 04 March 2013 - 12:09 AM said:

I like a lot of languages:
Top List:

1. VisualBasic And LUA
2. JS And HTML(I know they are not real languages but I like them)
3. JAVA
4. PHP

robhol, on 04 March 2013 - 01:00 AM said:

–snip–
NeatThingDecoratorStrategyFactoryBuilderFactoryStrategyAdornerFactoryFactoryFactory classes
–snip–

robhol, on 04 March 2013 - 01:00 AM said:

JS is a programming language (and a scripting language), HTML isn't.

I like C#, it has a nice balance between static typing and not having to write down ReallyReallyLongObjectOrientedTypeIdentifiers (just put "var", problem solved) while still allowing you to do it if you want to.
(Most of) the .NET framework is pretty neat and logical, and it seems a lot less cluttered than Java's standard library - the Kingdom of Nouns problem is still there, but there are considerably fewer NeatThingDecoratorStrategyFactoryBuilderFactoryStrategyAdornerFactoryFactoryFactory classes and you rarely need to instantiate 3-4 different objects for the simplest operations.*
*coughjavacough*

DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder dBuilder = dbFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
Document doc = dBuilder.parse(derp);

And, of course, Lua. It's a bitch to debug compared to most other languages. Its lack of simple syntactical sugar like i++, n+=3 and so on is actually pretty annoying. Despite all of that, it's a joy to program in sometimes. :D/>

tesla1889, on 04 March 2013 - 06:28 PM said:

–snip snip–

robhol, on 04 March 2013 - 01:00 AM said:

–snip–
NeatThingDecoratorStrategyFactoryBuilderFactoryStrategyAdornerFactoryFactoryFactory classes
–snip–

that pretty much sums up everything wrong with Java and C++

[[[[[[[[[[[NSNeat Thing]Decorator] Strategy] Factory] Builder] Factory] Strategy] Adorner] Factory] Factory] Factory]

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:12 PM said:

It is quite obvious that LOLCode has the sexiest/best syntax (*cough cough* Not it doesn't)

HAI
CAN HAS STDIO?
VISIBLE "HAI WORLD!"
KTHXBYE

oeed, on 04 March 2013 - 07:22 PM said:

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:12 PM said:

It is quite obvious that LOLCode has the sexiest/best syntax (*cough cough* Not it doesn't)

:wacko:/>/> My OCD wants to kill me for seeing that… Again, if its made by Apple, it looks shiny.

I mean WTF?
They must have been drunk while making that…

HAI
CAN HAS STDIO?
VISIBLE "HAI WORLD!"
KTHXBYE

Dlcruz129, on 04 March 2013 - 07:26 PM said:

oeed, on 04 March 2013 - 07:22 PM said:

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:12 PM said:

It is quite obvious that LOLCode has the sexiest/best syntax (*cough cough* Not it doesn't)

:wacko:/>/> My OCD wants to kill me for seeing that… Again, if its made by Apple, it looks shiny.

I mean WTF?
They must have been drunk while making that…

HAI
CAN HAS STDIO?
VISIBLE "HAI WORLD!"
KTHXBYE

I'm actually considering making a LOLCode interpreter in CC.

oeed, on 04 March 2013 - 07:30 PM said:

Dlcruz129, on 04 March 2013 - 07:26 PM said:

oeed, on 04 March 2013 - 07:22 PM said:

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:12 PM said:

It is quite obvious that LOLCode has the sexiest/best syntax (*cough cough* Not it doesn't)

:wacko:/>/>/> My OCD wants to kill me for seeing that… Again, if its made by Apple, it looks shiny.

I mean WTF?
They must have been drunk while making that…

HAI
CAN HAS STDIO?
VISIBLE "HAI WORLD!"
KTHXBYE

I'm actually considering making a LOLCode interpreter in CC.

Oh, mark my words, I will hunt you down and kill you. Even if you do live in a fictional town.

Just a side note, how do you go about making an interpreter, do you have an example/tutorial?

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:52 PM said:

So how about that VisualBasic ;)/>

Sammich Lord, on 04 March 2013 - 07:54 PM said:

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:52 PM said:

So how about that VisualBasic ;)/>

Visual Basic has the worst syntax.

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:58 PM said:

Sammich Lord, on 04 March 2013 - 07:54 PM said:

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:52 PM said:

So how about that VisualBasic ;)/>

Visual Basic has the worst syntax.

It does. I think that the creator of VisualBasic was a troll personally :P/>

Sammich Lord, on 04 March 2013 - 08:00 PM said:

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:58 PM said:

Sammich Lord, on 04 March 2013 - 07:54 PM said:

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:52 PM said:

So how about that VisualBasic ;)/>

Visual Basic has the worst syntax.

It does. I think that the creator of VisualBasic was a troll personally :P/>

I had a damn script kiddie tell me VB was better than C#. I sat there silently.

AnthonyD98™, on 04 March 2013 - 08:13 PM said:

I did a bit of java programming and now I hate Java

:D/>

oeed, on 04 March 2013 - 08:22 PM said:

–snip–
Everyone hates Java. Especially Apple for some reason.

tesla1889, on 04 March 2013 - 08:32 PM said:

nonono. the worst syntax is not VB. i wish it were, but it is not.
bancstar is waaaaaaaay on up there

tesla1889, on 04 March 2013 - 08:32 PM said:

nonono. the worst syntax is not VB. i wish it were, but it is not.
bancstar is waaaaaaaay on up there

oeed, on 04 March 2013 - 08:22 PM said:

–snip–
Everyone hates Java. Especially Apple for some reason.

i dont hate java

oeed, on 04 March 2013 - 08:45 PM said:

tesla1889, on 04 March 2013 - 08:32 PM said:

nonono. the worst syntax is not VB. i wish it were, but it is not.
bancstar is waaaaaaaay on up there

oeed, on 04 March 2013 - 08:22 PM said:

–snip–
Everyone hates Java. Especially Apple for some reason.

i dont hate java

In time, you will.
The real reason Notch left Minecraft is because he realised he just made a game in the worlds (2nd) worst programming language. True story, bro.

oeed, on 04 March 2013 - 08:45 PM said:

–snip–
In time, you will.
–snip–

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 08:51 PM said:

So how about that Objective-C ;)/>

@implementation Controller

- (void)awakeFromNib {
  GravityScore *grav = [[GravityScore alloc] initWithUsername:@"GravityScore"];
  [grav setObjCLoveLevel:9001];
  [grav setDelegate:self];
}

- (BOOL)grav:(GravityScore *)grav requestAuthorisationToLoveObjC:(Auth *)auth {
  return YES;
  // :D/>
}

@end

GravityScore, on 04 March 2013 - 10:43 PM said:

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 08:51 PM said:

So how about that Objective-C ;)/>

@implementation Controller

- (void)awakeFromNib {
  GravityScore *grav = [[GravityScore alloc] initWithUsername:@"GravityScore"];
  [grav setObjCLoveLevel:9001];
  [grav setDelegate:self];
}

- (BOOL)grav:(GravityScore *)grav requestAuthorisationToLoveObjC:(Auth *)auth {
  return YES;
  // :D/>/>
}

@end

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 08:48 PM said:

oeed, on 04 March 2013 - 08:45 PM said:

tesla1889, on 04 March 2013 - 08:32 PM said:

nonono. the worst syntax is not VB. i wish it were, but it is not.
bancstar is waaaaaaaay on up there

oeed, on 04 March 2013 - 08:22 PM said:

–snip–
Everyone hates Java. Especially Apple for some reason.

i dont hate java

In time, you will.
The real reason Notch left Minecraft is because he realised he just made a game in the worlds (2nd) worst programming language. True story, bro.

Notch left Minecraft to work on bigger and better things. Do not supply users with false or misleading information. Wrong story, "bro".

Technically he didn't leave. He "retired" from Mojang's Developement team :P/>

Mads, on 02 March 2013 - 09:42 AM said:

InputUsername, on 02 March 2013 - 09:29 AM said:

Lua is nice and simple, perfect for ComputerCraft. But not more than that. Java sucks, C# & C++ too. I kind of like Game Maker Language but you can't really call that a language I guess. I'd say HTML as my favorite language xD

HTML isn't really a programming language, it's just a text markup language :D/>
It's based off of XML.

oeed, on 04 March 2013 - 07:22 PM said:

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:12 PM said:

It is quite obvious that LOLCode has the sexiest/best syntax (*cough cough* Not it doesn't)

:wacko:/> My OCD wants to kill me for seeing that… Again, if its made by Apple, it looks shiny.

Mads, on 05 March 2013 - 08:38 AM said:

oeed, on 04 March 2013 - 07:22 PM said:

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:12 PM said:

It is quite obvious that LOLCode has the sexiest/best syntax (*cough cough* Not it doesn't)

:wacko:/> My OCD wants to kill me for seeing that… Again, if its made by Apple, it looks shiny.

Fanboy level: OVER 9000!

SuicidalSTDz, on 05 March 2013 - 09:17 AM said:

So how about that YAML? Pretty snazzy :P/> (Not really even a language)
Remember kids, YAML Ain't Markup Language!

Mads, on 05 March 2013 - 08:38 AM said:

oeed, on 04 March 2013 - 07:22 PM said:

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:12 PM said:

It is quite obvious that LOLCode has the sexiest/best syntax (*cough cough* Not it doesn't)

:wacko:/> My OCD wants to kill me for seeing that… Again, if its made by Apple, it looks shiny.

Fanboy level: OVER 9000!

God let your soul rest in peace….

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 08:05 PM said:

Sammich Lord, on 04 March 2013 - 08:00 PM said:

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:58 PM said:

Sammich Lord, on 04 March 2013 - 07:54 PM said:

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:52 PM said:

So how about that VisualBasic ;)/>

Visual Basic has the worst syntax.

It does. I think that the creator of VisualBasic was a troll personally :P/>

I had a damn script kiddie tell me VB was better than C#. I sat there silently.

The nerve of people :D/> VB is way too limited for my liking.

def pythonIsAwesome():
 if pythonIsAwesome == true:
  print "Python is awesome!"

Dlcruz129, on 04 March 2013 - 07:26 PM said:

oeed, on 04 March 2013 - 07:22 PM said:

SuicidalSTDz, on 04 March 2013 - 07:12 PM said:

It is quite obvious that LOLCode has the sexiest/best syntax (*cough cough* Not it doesn't)

:wacko:/>/> My OCD wants to kill me for seeing that… Again, if its made by Apple, it looks shiny.

I mean WTF?
They must have been drunk while making that…

HAI
CAN HAS STDIO?
VISIBLE "HAI WORLD!"
KTHXBYE

I'm actually considering making a LOLCode interpreter in CC.

Engineer, on 12 March 2013 - 12:47 PM said:

I Java and lua the most, lua is easy and fun for Cc of course and Java challenges me.

I also am learning Visual Basic, it seems you can do some cool stuff with it, but it doesnt really attract me.

Later on I want to dive in PHP and CSS and then HTML wich is no programming language. Also C languages seems very interesting

Mendax, on 08 March 2013 - 06:41 AM said:

I'm going to say the neutral thing and go with Python.
I don't like Objective-C (especially), or Java, or C#.

def pythonIsAwesome():
if pythonIsAwesome == true:
  print "Python is awesome!"

No end statement! :D/>

Sammich Lord, on 13 March 2013 - 01:02 AM said:

They are going to stop developing XNA. But Unity 3D is really nice. Supports JavaScript, C# and Boo.

nutcase84, on 18 June 2013 - 09:30 PM said:

Lua!

I hate any language that is object oriented!

Icanbreathecode, on 18 June 2013 - 05:17 PM said:

Lua. Lua is so easy yet so efficient.

Jarle212, on 19 June 2013 - 07:23 AM said:

Why does Obj-C look so ugly to my eyes?

Kingdaro, on 13 March 2013 - 05:40 AM said:

Sammich Lord, on 13 March 2013 - 01:02 AM said:

They are going to stop developing XNA. But Unity 3D is really nice. Supports JavaScript, C# and Boo.

Eh. I've always heard about and experienced some bad (usually performance related) things about Unity.

Freack100, on 18 June 2013 - 06:18 PM said:

malbolge… … … I hate it so much! < :)/>

My favorite ones are:
lua, CSS (so simple :3), PHP(so logical :3)

Pharap, on 20 June 2013 - 05:55 AM said:

Jarle212, on 19 June 2013 - 07:23 AM said:

Why does Obj-C look so ugly to my eyes?

It just is ugly, no two ways about it. I don't think I've ever met someone who actually uses it.

theoriginalbit, on 20 June 2013 - 05:59 AM said:

Pharap, on 20 June 2013 - 05:55 AM said:

Jarle212, on 19 June 2013 - 07:23 AM said:

Why does Obj-C look so ugly to my eyes?

It just is ugly, no two ways about it. I don't think I've ever met someone who actually uses it.

Use it. Love it. Prefer it. Square brackets ftw!

-(BOOL)writeToFile:(NSString *)path atomically:(BOOL)useAuxiliaryFile;

Pharap, on 20 June 2013 - 06:03 AM said:

Yep, because this certainly isn't convoluted:

-(BOOL)writeToFile:(NSString *)path atomically:(BOOL)useAuxiliaryFile;

Cruor, on 20 June 2013 - 06:56 AM said:

Though it tends to get hate for its 'strict indentation' I find it awesome :>

nutcase84, on 18 June 2013 - 09:30 PM said:

Lua!

I hate any language that is object oriented!

billysback, on 21 June 2013 - 05:25 PM said:

Java's cool because of how customizable and flexible it is (IMO), with extensions and classes in general but Lua is awesome because of how simple it is and how little code is required to do stuff…

ETHANATOR360, on 21 June 2013 - 08:08 PM said:

nutcase84, on 18 June 2013 - 09:30 PM said:

Lua!

I hate any language that is object oriented!

why? OOP was one of the best programming concepts i can think of!!!

cout << "<- wtf kind of syntax is this???\n";

tesla1889, on 02 January 2014 - 05:22 AM said:

C++ is one of the most annoying IMHO

cout << "<- wtf kind of syntax is this???\n";

i love C and FORTH syntax.

actually, if Lua used bracket notation instead of 'end's and had a switch statement, it'd be my favorite.

nutcase84, on 02 January 2014 - 07:58 AM said:

If you dislike Lua, then why are you here? :D/> Lua's the best!

6677, on 02 January 2014 - 07:25 AM said:

You want object orientated C but hate the C++ syntax (which is a logical thing to do), Objective-C. One neat thing is that Objective C is a strict superset of C, which is to say that C is also valid Objective-C, the same does not apply to C being valid C++.

tesla1889, on 02 January 2014 - 11:52 PM said:

if there's a language that bothers me almost as much as C++, it's Objective-C, for the same reason. wtf is up with all the plus and minus signs?

var++ // post-increment, is in quite a lot of languages, so clearly you don't mean this
++var // pre-increment, in quite a lot of languages, so clearly you don't mean this
var-- // post-decrement, ditto
--var // pre-decrement, ditto

+(void) methodName; // class method, can be accessed at anytime by referencing the class (think 'static' from Java)
-(void) methodName; // instance method, can be accessed only through an instance of the class i.e. an object

tesla1889, on 02 January 2014 - 11:52 PM said:

6677, on 02 January 2014 - 07:25 AM said:

You want object orientated C but hate the C++ syntax (which is a logical thing to do), Objective-C. One neat thing is that Objective C is a strict superset of C, which is to say that C is also valid Objective-C, the same does not apply to C being valid C++.

if there's a language that bothers me almost as much as C++, it's Objective-C, for the same reason. wtf is up with all the plus and minus signs?

//An example of the useage of the + symbol
//The method in Human.h would look like this:
+(NSString *)binomialName;
//The method implimentation in Human.m would something like this:
+(NSString *)binomialName{
return @"Homo sapien";
}
//You could then use that method as so, note that this is calling it directly on the class, not an instance:
NSLog(@"Binomial Name: %@", [Human binomialName]);
//Which would output "Homo sapien"

//An example of the useage of the - symbol
//You can do this without having to write your own getters and settings, I've just done it for example
@property (assign) NSString *firstName;
//The getter in Human.h would look like this:
-(NSString *)firstName;
//The setter in Human.h would look like this:
-(void)setFirstName:(NSString *)firstName;
//The getter in Human.m would something like this:
-(NSString *)firstName{
return self.firstName;
}
//The setter in Human.m would something like this:
-(void)setFirstName:(NSString *)firstName{
self.firstName = firstName;
}
//You could then use that method as so, note that this is calling it directly on the class, not an instance:
Human *johnSmith = [[Human alloc] initWithFirstName: @"John"]];
NSLog(@"First Name: %@", [johnSmith firstName]);
//Which would output "John"

oeed, on 03 January 2014 - 01:05 AM said:

Objective-C can take a while to get your head around, especially the concept of Object Oriented programming, but once you do everything becomes much easier.

oeed, on 03 January 2014 - 01:05 AM said:

One of the things that I like the most about Objective-C is the fact that (in most cases) you can a function as a variable (well, it appears that way). This allows you to things such as change the result when setting and getting the value.

oeed, on 03 January 2014 - 01:05 AM said:

Going on from what theoriginalbit said, the + and - did confuse me a bit at first. I'll give an example.

-code snip-

@interface Human : NSObject

// Class methods
+ (NSString*) binomialName;

// Instance methods
- (NSString*) fullName;

// Instance variables (a.k.a ivar)
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString* firstName;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString* lastName;

// NOTE: a method signature must be defined here if you want it accessible from outside the class/object.
// any method whose signature does not appear here can only be accessed from internally (think private from Java)

@end

@implementation Human

@synthesize firstName, lastName; // generate the getters and setters for the ivars

+ (NSString*) binomialName {
  return @"Homo sapien";
}

- (NSString*) fullName {
  return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@, %@", lastName, firstName];
}

@end

theoriginalbit, on 03 January 2014 - 08:38 PM said:

oeed, on 03 January 2014 - 01:05 AM said:

Going on from what theoriginalbit said, the + and - did confuse me a bit at first. I'll give an example.

-code snip-

Bad example, teaching people the long way of getters/setters.

Code with better getter/setter

Human.h

@interface Human : NSObject

// Class methods
+ (NSString*) binomialName;

// Instance methods
- (NSString*) fullName;

// Instance variables (a.k.a ivar)
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString* firstName;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString* lastName;

// NOTE: a method signature must be defined here if you want it accessible from outside the class/object.
// any method whose signature does not appear here can only be accessed from internally (think private from Java)

@end

Human.m

@implementation Human

@synthesize firstName, lastName; // generate the getters and setters for the ivars

+ (NSString*) binomialName {
  return @"Homo sapien";
}

- (NSString*) fullName {
  return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@, %@", lastName, firstName];
}

@end

Methods available on the class

init
binomialName

Methods available on the object

firstName // getter for firstName ivar
setFirstName // setter for firstName ivar
lastName // getter for lastName ivar
setLastName // setter for lastName ivar
fullName

oeed, on 03 January 2014 - 09:57 PM said:

True, it was more to show the difference between the different types of methods and it was the only thing I could think of.

Symmetryc, on 03 January 2014 - 10:32 PM said:

Btw, oeed what you were saying about functions just being variables is in like all of the functional programming languages :P/>.

Inside Joke For BIT

Therefore Functional > OO :P/>

theoriginalbit, on 03 January 2014 - 10:41 PM said:

oeed, on 03 January 2014 - 09:57 PM said:

True, it was more to show the difference between the different types of methods and it was the only thing I could think of.

Well I came up with a way :P/>

Symmetryc, on 03 January 2014 - 10:32 PM said:

Btw, oeed what you were saying about functions just being variables is in like all of the functional programming languages :P/>.

Inside Joke For BIT

Therefore Functional > OO :P/>

Now read my reply to him, Functional != OO. OO is not better than Functional, nor is Functional better than OO. They each have appropriate times to be used, where they have their strengths.

Symmetryc, on 03 January 2014 - 10:32 PM said:

C-Like syntax seems meh to me. Obj-C is a step up, but still. Btw, oeed what you were saying about functions just being variables is in like all of the functional programming languages :P/>/&amp;gt;/&amp;gt;.

Inside Joke For BIT

Therefore Functional &amp;gt; OO :P/>/&amp;gt;/&amp;gt;

object.name = @"Hello";

[object setName: @"Hello"];
//Which would look like this in Lua:
object.setName("Hello")

rhyleymaster, on 03 January 2014 - 10:55 PM said:

Brainfuck and P". Best there is.

Jarle212, on 31 March 2014 - 08:08 PM said:

Definitely assembly. Just fell in love with it

Jarle212, on 31 March 2014 - 08:08 PM said:

Definitely assembly. Just fell in love with it

oeed, on 31 March 2014 - 09:35 PM said:

Jarle212, on 31 March 2014 - 08:08 PM said:

Definitely assembly. Just fell in love with it

O.o

You weren't drunk/high/mad whilst saying that were you?

distantcam, on 04 January 2014 - 07:35 AM said:

rhyleymaster, on 03 January 2014 - 10:55 PM said:

Brainfuck and P". Best there is.

Why is it everyone's favourite esoteric language is Brainfuck? It's so boring and the joke is old.

I prefer languages like Chef where the program is a recipe or Piet where the program is an image.

ardera, on 06 April 2014 - 01:52 PM said:

You can try to make things OOP in lua, but it won't be organized, and lua is simply not good in OOP.

Death, on 15 April 2014 - 06:40 PM said:

Working on it :P/>
But, that is a good point - Lua is not really an OOP language, and most people fail to realize that it is up-to-par with speed in other languages. A reason for this is because of how minimalistic it is. If you want to unlock Lua's OOP and other things, prepare for a slightly lower execution time. I will still be working on my version of OOP implementation, however

On topic, my favorite langauge syntax is Lua, as it's the one that got me started. I'm not saying I like Lua as a language, it's still missing a lot of things, but the syntax is one I have come to like.

Myrddraall, on 17 April 2014 - 05:25 PM said:

and very much dislike any language that uses white space as part of the syntax

ardera, on 06 April 2014 - 01:52 PM said:

I like lua, but Java is better for big projects. You can try to make things OOP in lua, but it won't be organized, and lua is simply not good in OOP.

If 1 == 1:
  print "Yeah!"
## Note the lack of an end

viluon, on 21 April 2014 - 10:17 PM said:

But the indenting -_-/>

viluon, on 21 April 2014 - 10:17 PM said:

But the indenting -_-/>

electrodude512, on 22 April 2014 - 04:33 PM said:

Lua is by far my favorite scripting language. JavaScript OOP is just a headache. If JS did OOP the way Lua did, it would be awesome.

theOriginalByte, on 24 April 2014 - 07:46 PM said:

I like HTML, CSS

6677, on 25 April 2014 - 10:51 AM said:

snip

6677, on 25 April 2014 - 10:51 AM said:

By which you mean Lua is not an object orientated language and OOP is only really made viable via the flexibility of tables whereas Javascript is a language with actual support for object orientated code and done in an entirely normal way?
You like C but hate C++ and Objective-C which again are languages with native OOP (of the 2 I prefer Objective C, C++ is just dirty, Objective-C is a strict superset of C, ie C code is still 100% valid in an Objective-C compiler, the same does not apply to C++). I see a pattern here :P/> I wouldn't classify Objective-C as estoric considering its heavy usage for OSX and iOS development.

I am yet to come across a platform where assembly has been corrupted for ease of C compilers. x86 for example stems all the way back to the Intel 8008 in 1972, the same year C even appeared let alone became popular. Assembly is meant to be the human representation of the machines instructions, higher level constructions are entirely ignored, you don't bend the machine to the compiler, you bend the compiler to the machine. Must say, Parallax Propeller is fun enough without assembly. Self modifying code is possible with multi word instructions btw. My first introduction to assembly was the DCPU-16 for 0x10c (note, introduction), I recall there being an exploit which was 2 lines of asm which when assembled was 4 or 5 bytes long, would send the CPU into an endless loop and over-write the entire contents of RAM via self modifying code, that was always fun… I was actually interested in making a DCPU16 with a prop and an external SRAM, use a few cogs for VGA and keyboard and memory controller and hopefully have 1 left over for actually interpreting the DCPU instructions, although now I am considering utilising my TM4C1294XL and slaving the propeller for graphics only.

Jiloacom, on 21 April 2014 - 10:13 PM said:

Python is my favorite language, not sure if it's my favorite syntax though (I haven't tried out very many languages).

And if you don't like python, just let me remind you,

If 1 == 1:
  print "Yeah!"
## Note the lack of an end

you will never have another "end expected" or "<eof> expected" error ever again ;)/>

theOriginalByte, on 01 May 2014 - 05:14 AM said:

Alright guys… sooo… i have to say… i really like javascript… but.. ruby is pretty sweet… its like lua and javascript had a baby… :P/>

Jiloacom, on 01 May 2014 - 06:20 PM said:

theOriginalByte, on 01 May 2014 - 05:14 AM said:

Alright guys… sooo… i have to say… i really like javascript… but.. ruby is pretty sweet… its like lua and javascript had a baby… :P/>

So who's the father? :lol:/>

epicowner97, on 14 May 2014 - 07:43 PM said:

I really like Pythons syntax and the 1 thing I love is that python lets you use the semi-colon even though its not needed

Agoldfish, on 14 May 2014 - 07:43 PM said:

epicowner97, on 14 May 2014 - 07:43 PM said:

I really like Pythons syntax and the 1 thing I love is that python lets you use the semi-colon even though its not needed

A lot of languages do. Lua actually does.

awsmazinggenius, on 15 May 2014 - 12:11 AM said:

In terms of bad syntaxes, I agreed to make a theme for a friend for some online store platform (called shopify or something) thinking it would just be HTML/CSS, but apparently they use their own language that is apparently HTML/CSS with a bunch of ugly things that use curly braces and percent signs. I absolutely hate the syntax, but I'm still gonna make the theme.

---
layout: default
---
<div id="post">
{{ content }}
</div>

<div id="related">
  <h2>Related Posts</h2>
  <ul class="posts">
    {% for post in site.related_posts limit:3 %}
      <li><span>{{ post.date | date_to_string }}</span> » <a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a></li>
    {% endfor %}
  </ul>
</div>

Mendax, on 08 March 2013 - 06:41 AM said:

I'm going to say the neutral thing and go with Python.
I don't like Objective-C (especially), or Java, or C#.

def pythonIsAwesome():
if pythonIsAwesome == true:
  print "Python is awesome!"

No end statement! :D/>

def checkPythonPrestige():
      if(prestigeLevel == "So awesome you can't put it in numbers"):
            a = raw_input("Do you agree? [Y/N]")
            if(a == "Y" or "y"):
                  print("I agree! :D/>")

            elif(a == "N" or "n"):
                  print("I wish you had the same opinion as me D:")

            else:

                  print("I don't know what awnser that even is.")

checkPythonPrestige()

Alice, on 09 December 2014 - 01:24 AM said:

Did someone say no end statements?
As it just so happens, I was bored and wrote a Lua 5.2 custom compiler (Sorry, 5.1 fangirls) which allows for code like:

Code from screen.lua

local posix, curses = require( "posix" ), require( "curses" )
size = {}

function startwin() {
	scr = curses.initscr()
	size['scr'] = {}
	size['scr'].maxy, size['scr'].maxx = scr:getmaxyx()
	size['scr'].y, size['scr'].x = size['scr'].maxy + 1, size['scr'].maxx + 1
	scr:mvvline( 0, 18, "|", size['scr'].y )
	clear(scr)
}
function print( name, ... ) {
	local text = table.concat( {...}, " " )
	local words = {}
	local lines = {}
	local _size = size['scr'].maxx - 20
	for word in text:gmatch( "%S+" ) {
		for i=1, #word, size['scr'].maxx {
			table.insert( words, word:sub( _size*(i-1) + 1, _size*i ) )
		}
	}
	local _line = ""
	for k, v in pairs( words ) {
		if #_line + #v > _size - 1 {
			table.insert( lines, _line:sub( 1, #_line - 1 ) )
			_line = v .. " "
		else
			_line = _line .. v .. " "
		}
	}
	if #_line ~= 0 {
		table.insert( lines, _line:sub( 1, #_line - 1 ) )
	}
	local first = true
	for k, v in pairs( lines ) {
		if first {
			first = nil
			if #name > 15 {
				name = name:sub( 1, 14 ) .. "+"
			}
			name = "[" .. name .. "]"
			local pre = (" "):rep( 17 - #name )
			write( pre .. name .. " | " .. v )
		else
			write( (" "):rep( 18 ) .. "| " .. v )
		}
	}
}
local _err = {
	"Fatal error",
	"Error",
	"Warning"
}
function error( level, text ) {
	print( _err[level], text )
}
function write(...) {
	scr:clear()
	scr:mvvline( 0, 18, "|", size['scr'].y )
	local text = table.concat( {...}, " " ) --Can't tab with ncurses
	for line in text:gmatch( "[^\n]+" ) {
		for i=1, #line, size['scr'].x {
			table.insert( size['scr'].lines, text:sub( size['scr'].x*(i-1) + 1, size['scr'].x*i ) )
		}
	}
	local _out = {}
	for i = #(size['scr'].lines) - size['scr'].y, #(size['scr'].lines) {
		table.insert( _out, size['scr'].lines[i] )
	}
	size['scr'].lines = _out
	for _, line in pairs( size['scr'].lines ) {
		scr:mvaddstr( _-1, 0, line )
	}
	scr:refresh()
}
function endwin() {
	if scr {
		scr:close()
		curses.endwin()
	}
	os.exit()
}
function clear(scr) {
	size['scr'].lines = {}
	scr:clear()
	scr:refresh()
}

soooo, yeah. That's Alissa's Lua.
Also, I know that 'else' tags do need a { and }, will fix eventually.

for w in someFunction { a = 1 } do
    -- ...
end

for w in someFunction {
    a = 1
}
do
    -- ...
end

Put a thousand million monkeys in front of a thousand million keyboards and eventually one will write a valid Java program. The rest will all write Perl programs