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I am an artificial intelligence specialist. |
I am an artificial intelligence specialist. The programming languages that I prefer also happen to be languages that are specifically suited for or designed for AI like Lisp and Prolog. |
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== Lisp == |
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Lisp's consistent syntax, meta-programming capabilities, and functional programming features all make it my preferred programming language. To top it all off, Lisp is the dominant language for AI, my specific field of interest. |
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I used to use scripting languages like JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, Python, Perl 5, Lua, and Smalltalk, however, I no longer do, as I have come to value functional programming, static typing, and immutability too much. |
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== C++ == |
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I use C++ not because I like it (who could possibly like this bloated piece of ...) but rather because of its popularity and its use in open source projects like [http://opencog.org/ OpenCog]. |
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I also rarely use the C# and Java. They are heavily patented and too tied into their respective corporations: Microsoft and Oracle. Although Java has opened up recently and C# has opened up with Mono, this hasn't made the problem go away. |
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On the technical side of things, these languages are too tied into OOP and they lack decent support for functional programming features. For example, in Java you need to create a class or an interface before you can even create a function. |
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== Systems Languages == |
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In the area of systems language, I prefer D because has strong support for functional programming with lambdas, recursion, higher order functions, static typing, const-correctness, immutable, and my personal favorite the pure modifier. Although D is a much nicer language, I usually end up using C++ 99% of the time because it is so ubiquitous. |
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== Obscure Languages == |
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I have a passing interest in a variety of obscure languages like Perl 6, Haskell, Erlang, Prolog, and Scheme. |
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I can't really use these languages for large open source projects because not enough people know them, they don't have any good implementations, or some other serious problem. |
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== Perl 6 Wikia == |
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I have spent a lot of time building perl6.wikia.com and the examples on that site: |
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http://perl6.wikia.com |
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http://github.com/jhuni/perl6-general-examples |
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Revision as of 04:41, 16 January 2011
| My Favorite Languages | |
| Language | Proficiency |
| Common Lisp | Very Active |
| Prolog | Active |
| C++ | Unfortunately Active |
| Scheme | Interested |
| Clojure | Interested |
I am an artificial intelligence specialist. The programming languages that I prefer also happen to be languages that are specifically suited for or designed for AI like Lisp and Prolog.
Lisp
Lisp's consistent syntax, meta-programming capabilities, and functional programming features all make it my preferred programming language. To top it all off, Lisp is the dominant language for AI, my specific field of interest.
C++
I use C++ not because I like it (who could possibly like this bloated piece of ...) but rather because of its popularity and its use in open source projects like OpenCog.