Actionscript, Java, Objective C, Rexx, Visual Basic and any language that claims to be god's gift to developers without delivering. But my most hated has to be Java for all the extra condescending syntax and verbosity, enterprise "mambo-jambo" cruft, native code through jni circus, and general ugliness...
Poll: What's Your Most Disliked Programming Language?
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#22XSLT?
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#23VBScript is the most awful language I've ever used. Thankfully I've forgotten most of the pain it caused me.
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#24Anything .NET, because I don't see the point of learning a proprietary non-cross platform language.
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#25of course Ruby
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#26Javascript because I just don't have the choice to not use it.
You have to stop worrying and learn to love the bomb ;p In all seriousness, I feel that a lot of people(me included) go through a period of hate for javascript until they find that it's actually has some impressive expressiveness using very small set of things.
You must be right. It is like I still have the stigma of the early days of Javascript in the browser.
I do mainly PHP so it's not like I can't overcome bad design. I routinely try to get a fresh perspective of JS but it does little. I praise jQuery everyday though.
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#27I think C++ is a terrible language but I actually like that it exists because it distracts people from adding all of the crazy features to C :)
better than java :P
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#28Easily Visual Basic for me.
My first exposure academically to a programming language was Visual Basic. This was what they "force-taught" at school.
I already had experience with Java/PHP/C, and just wreethed inside with disgust at the rationale for learning Visual Basic. It was a horrible experience that was forced upon me by my school's teacher. (I was about 16-17 at the time I think).
As a form of silent defiance, whenever I had to declare a variable, I would call it `dim $%something%`. Ha.
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#29Re: Poll: What's Your Most Disliked Programming Language?
#30Anything .NET, because I don't see the point of learning a proprietary non-cross platform language.
Agreed 100%. In addition software written in it seems to have the following other problems frequently
- Using Oracle - Rarely contributing to FOSS - Using very non-agile development methods - 9 to 5 corporate culture - Bad UIs and boring software overall - Terrible web accessibility and standards conformity - Hearing people say, "Its better than Delphi" as a comparison point
But those are just my experiences in working with teams using .NET. My run-ins with .NET have only gotten worse since I moved to Columbus, Ohio. I don't know anyone in the Valley using it, but people working for insurance companies seem to love it.