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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:58 pm
by xyjamepa
beg your pardon Solar but I didn' t understand this part
Been employed by four companies so far, from a dozen developers up to Big Player (tm), and technology decisions like that haven't been made on the team level anywhere I've been.

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:38 am
by Solar
abuashraf wrote:beg your pardon Solar but I didn' t understand this part
I was employed as a software engineer by four different companies so far (including one internship). Those companies ranged in size from a handful of people to a DAX company.

And none of these companies allowed the decision which programming language to use in a new project to be made on the team level.

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:42 am
by xyjamepa
humm..

may I ask how many languages did you work with in a commercial projects? could you name the languages please?

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:03 pm
by JamesM
I know that was aimed at Solar but I thought I would reply too, just to see how our answers differ (note that I haven't been employed by as many companies as Solar!)

C++ <-- main product
Perl <-- 99% of the intranet, automated testing systems, "change request" systems (which integrate with the VCS) etc etc.
Ruby <--- a tiny tiny amount.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:49 am
by Solar
Internship, Visual C++ 6.

First job, VBA (Access), Visual Basic, Java.

Second job, C++ and Perl.

Third job, C++ so far, with Java and some Python on the horizon.