PolyConf 2015 – A multi-disciplinary conference for polyglot programmers

Re:PolyConf 2015 – A multi-disciplinary conference for polyg... by pjmlp on Thursday June 11, 2015 @07:00AM (#9698860)

I never understood how it could be otherwise.

Back when I was learning, I had Timex 2068 Basic and Z80.

Then at technical school, each class had its own programming language.

Followed by CS degree, with loads of programming languages.

First job, TCL, C, C++, JavaScript, C#, Java, SQL dialects.

Every single job afterwards required proficiency in multiple languages, even JVM/.NET (interaction with OS, languages that target those runtimes).

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Re:PolyConf 2015 – A multi-disciplinary conference for polyg... by henderson101 on Thursday June 11, 2015 @08:50AM (#9699333)

cough Sinclair Basic ;-)

Timex's Basic really only added a few extra commands (on err, stick, delete, free, reset and sound IIRC.) Everything else was identical.

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Re:PolyConf 2015 – A multi-disciplinary conference for polyg... by pjmlp on Thursday June 11, 2015 @09:16AM (#9699483)

Most of the time I had the 48+ emulation eprom inserted actually. :)

However the demos for the sound chip were great.

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