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Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by dllthomas on Friday December 12, 2014 @01:18AM (#8738809)
Important in what sense? Some candidates would seem to be:

historical significance

most currently running code

most significant currently running code

most new development

most significant new development

most likely representative of future directions in programming languages

Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by _RPM on Friday December 12, 2014 @01:55PM (#8741970)
Most important in the sense of the internet. What is the language that keeps the Internet running?
Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by dllthomas on Friday December 12, 2014 @02:37PM (#8742228)
Almost certainly the C and assembly inside all those routers and switches.
Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by itg on Friday December 12, 2014 @01:12AM (#8738795)
C
Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by ankurdhama on Friday December 12, 2014 @05:07AM (#8739320)
None. If there was any such language, everybody would be using that language only, which is obviously not the case.
Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by dllthomas on Friday December 12, 2014 @05:57PM (#8743221)
I don't think that follows at all. One could be most important on any of the dimensions that I listed in my comment, and still other languages might be used. Even if there was one overall best language - which is a different question again - it might not be best for every circumstance.
Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by zubairq on Friday December 12, 2014 @03:39AM (#8739088)
Lisp, although it can be argued that it is not a language but just the building block of all languages
Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by informatimago on Friday December 12, 2014 @01:07AM (#8738788)
Lisp
Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by nemasu on Friday December 12, 2014 @03:48AM (#8739107)
Assembly
Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by mekael on Friday December 12, 2014 @02:26AM (#8738924)
Lolcode
Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by icpmacdo on Friday December 12, 2014 @01:37AM (#8738841)
JavaScript
Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by asalkey on Friday December 12, 2014 @01:18AM (#8738808)
Python
Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by Jahak on Friday December 12, 2014 @01:10AM (#8738792)
PHP