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What Was Your First Programming Language?
07-08-2015, 07:29 PM
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RE: What Was Your First Programming Language?
(07-08-2015 06:50 PM)Paul Berger (Canada) Wrote:  Part of my job involves extracting information from massive log files, and I can't think of anything better than PERL for a job like that, and because it is interpreted, you can get instant feedback to see if your script works or not, without having to go though a compile and link cycle.

It sounds like Forth; but Forth is compiled and still you can add as little as a single line (or a portion of a line) to the already compiled portion and watch it work immediately, without having to re-compile and link the rest.

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