Despite I don't have too much experience with programming, I love C and Assembly. Assembly might be my favorite purely because it teaches you the foundation of programming and, if you want to create extremely optimized application, it's almost a necessary language to know inside and out. As for C... it's sorta' the same reason why I like Assembly: it's low-level. If you master Assembly and C, there are no languages you can't learn.
C++ with Python in a close second. Although I typically indent my code blocks anyways, I don't think its a good idea to force that instead of using brackets to enclose a block - it sucks because code can get destroyed by simply emailing or forum posting where all the tabs get lost - thats my only gripe with python. I still prefer C++ due to the explicit and simple nature of the syntax. Its a double-edged sword though, C++ can be very powerful and very dangerous at the same time. I just learned today that attempting to modify a string literal invokes undefined behavior. It is also possible to get really sloppy with the amount of freedom allowed in c++, but this is true in all languages I suppose. Heres another undefined piece of crap code: Code: i+= i++ + ++i; This one breaks the rules on modifying a value only once within a sequence. And is stupidly unreadable. (I plus equals I plus-plus plus plus-plus I...) The scary part is there are probably compilers which would try to evaluate that.
I was going to say the same. English is obviously my first language. I'm also able to speak Arabic. It would be nice to learn German or Spanish. @ TaskMaster, I thought you was from Iran? Please forgive me if I'm mistaken. Here in Dubai there are many people from Iran, most are able to speak Arabic anyway...
C# is very very nice. But getting more into C++, which is very intriguing. It's like C# is perfect wife material. Nice, elegant, understanding, easy to get along, no problems, but a bit boring. And then there is C++. Oh my god, she is beautiful, dangerous, arousing, intriguing, and very volatile and has some personality features that just might clash any time... the second you leave your guards down, you are in a world of hurt.
I do like Java, but when it comes developing in some deprecated frameworks like Struts1 or old Oracle ADF, I just want to cry. Well written Java on the other hand is really nice and enjoyable to develop. I do like some of the Java 8 language feature too. My first programming language was Pascal and actually it was fun for school and studying, but not really suitable for developing "real" advanced applications today, imo. C++ was nice too, it gives the programmer more power, but sometimes it can be difficult to debug, when using some advanced data structures with pointers. One language I rather not develop in is "PHP", I dislike the syntax (e.g. string concatination operator ('.')), I have experianced some bad "spaghetti code", I feel really not productive when I develop in PHP.
