What programming languages do software engineers use in 2018?

Answer: * Assembly (1949) * Fortran (1957) * Lisp (1958) * COBOL (1959.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You What programming languages do software engineers use in 2018? Håkon Hapnes Strand, Data Scientist Written May 23 Assembly (1949) Fortran (1957) Lisp (1958) COBOL (1959)... Read More » Why are the rebooted Star Trek movies so awful? Jacob Duke, Extensive movie watcher for 27 years. Written Jun 8 I wouldn't call them awful, but they definitely lost the spirit of Star Trek. Star Trek always focused on exploration, adventure, science, technology, philosophy, human righ... Read More » If a programming language is also written in a programming language, how was the first programming language written? Clive Thomas, studied at University of South Africa Updated Apr 10 Here's a little amusing and true anecdote for you. In the late 70's, I was doing vac work with a research laboratory, and one of the tasks I was given was to build up a micr... Read More » How can a mathematician miss the ever simplest idea about "natural numbers being with no existing largest integer" where thence realizes that the infinity concept is purely a fictional and a very harmful concept to human minds? Alan Bustany, Trinity Wrangler, 1977 IMO Written Jun 10 I think it must be those mathematicians who told you there is no largest Natural number. That is not an "ever simplest idea". If you think you can always "add one", what on... Read More » Is five years a long time for a patient with lung cancer? Denise Cutlip, Cancer Patient Link Navigator-Volunteer Written Jun 7 When I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung Adenocarcinoma in 2010 the 5 year survival rate for stage 4 patient was 1%. It has since doubled and doubled again to a bit over 4%. ... Read More » Why do photographers not turn off the "shutter click" noise on their cameras when clustered in front of important press interviews? Dave Haynie, Been shooting since I was a kid.... before digital, before computers... Written Thu Well, golly gee, mister, we're just trying to make an honest day's pay! All of those cameras made a click because they use a mechanical shutter. In the case of the old Grafl... Read More » What do computer programmers, software engineers and developers just "get" that other people don't? Jason Roos, Software Engineer at Sony Interactive Entertainment Updated Jun 8 Want to know how you differ from an industry professional, if at all? Try this simple test: The next time you can't find that backup file you're certain you saved… or the nex... Read More » How does science show that homeopathy cannot work? Toby Wilson, studied at University of Life Written Jun 6 How does science show that homeopathy cannot work? Wrong way 'round. Homoeopathy has not been shown to work. All scientific studies so far conducted, have shown that homoeopat... Read More » What are the most common mistakes novice programmers make? Tim Floto, Biological Instrumentation Engineering (1979-present) Written Jan 2 I often work with newbies. Here's what I find (these are generalizations so not all apply to all newbies): NIH (Not Invented Here): Newbies will write from scratch functiona... Read More » Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.