I am just fooling around with the latest version of MinGW ...
// a simple windows "Hello World!" program
// compile and link with MinGW's (http://www.mingw.org) gcc.exe
// command --> gcc -o...

Here is an example using a modern language like Python ...
def is_palindrome(phrase):
"""
take a phrase, convert to all lowercase letters, create a
list of the characters (ignore...

(define (hello ) (method () (print "Hello World! in Dylan")))

The D language is a combination of concepts from C, C++, Python and Ruby from:
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/
(compiled via 'dmd.exe hello.d' to give 'hello.exe')
import std.c.stdio; // getchar()...

I have mention Lsharp before, a Lips based scritping language for the .NET environment. This code shows a GUI program, and looks a little bit like the previous C# post ...
;;; Scripting a .NET GUI...

I knew there was a sorter version in assembly code ...

jmp string
code:
pop ecx
mov al, 4
mov bl, 1
mov dl, 14
int 0x80
mov al, 1

DrScheme is a free IDE that handles a variety of scheme implementations from student to professional levels. Even comes with a GUI builder. You can download it from:...

Caffe latte anyone?

{\def \hello "Hello World! using Latte"}
{\head {\title \hello}}
{\body \hello}



output = "Hello World! in Snobol"

Haskell is really a very comprehensive computer language used by many universities. You can gain some hands-on experience by downloading the small Haskell interpreter called Hugs from:...

Prime numbers are:
Any natural number greater than 1 that has the two divisors 1 and itself.

Defined in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number

Ruby, ah so popular in Japan! This one uses the tk GUI ...
require 'tk'
root = TkRoot.new { title "Ruby & Tk" }
TkLabel.new(root) {
text 'Hello World! Ruby using the tk GUI'
pack { }
}...

LispSharp (Lsharp or L#) is a free Lisp based scripting language for .NET from:
http://www.lsharp.org/
It can be run on its own or included into a .NET language like C#

(WriteLine Console...

Playing with .NET?
.method public static void Main() cil managed
{
.entrypoint
.maxstack 8
ldstr "Hello, world! in CIL/MSIL of .NET"
call void...

The simplicity of a Boo GUI ...
// a Boo GUI

import System.Windows.Forms from System.Windows.Forms // Form(), Label()
import System.Drawing from System.Drawing // Point(), Size(),...

Ideally you should have an application first and than find the best language to code it in. This in turn means you need to know the basics about a number of languages.

I have used C, C++, C#,...

I parked a little code snippet called "A Taste of Boo" at:
http://www.daniweb.com/code/snippet429.html
It's under Python so the code field would show the indentations properly.

Talking about .NET (Windows) or Mono (Unix) ...
Public Class Hello
Public Shared Sub Main()
System.Console.WriteLine("Hello World! Using VB.NET")
End Sub
End Class

Boo has a syntax similar to Python, has the features of Ruby, and the speed and safety of C#. Boo is a statically-typed language, but fakes being a dynamically-typed language by inference. It runs...

Here is a Basic dialect that relies on wx ...
dim wxID_ED = wxID_HIGHEST + 5

// create the main application window
dim frame = new wxFrame( Nothing, -1, "wxBasic", wxPoint(50, 50), wxSize(350,...

Let's write it as a Java Applet ...
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Graphics;

public class HelloWorld extends Applet {
public void paint(Graphics g) {
...

Nice ASM code there Evenbit!

This example is a bit more complex, it allows you to display the familiar text in color on a Windows computer ...
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>

int...

A simple experiment with the ever so popular Mandelbrot fractal graphics, call it mathematical art, nice to look at. This set of experiments loops through a number of colors to make the whole thing...

The Nice language is based on Java, but has adopted some Python features.
void main(String[] args){
println("Hello World! in Nice");
}

Way back in my programming days I heard of Ada being named for some lady's first name. I googled for it, but couldn't get the answer. So thanks Puckdropper!

Let's hope the next language is not...

A contribution from the wild and crazy bunch at BCX basic. Rather than just vapidly coding ...
print "Hello World! in BCX basic"
they want to exercise the old Windows box a little ...
' save...

Another Ada example, actually quite a modern language ...

with Ada.Text_IO;
use Ada.Text_IO; -- searches Ada.Text_IO
procedure Hello95 is
begin
Put_Line("Hello world! using Ada95");
end...

You might take a look at
USB Central
http://www.lvr.com/usb.htm

USBs like to use drivers.

What does ADA stand for? American Dental Agency? Americans with Disabilities Act? What do they have to do with programming? It's Ada, not ADA. (Ada programmers tend to be picky about this.)

No...

One more for the chelonians ...

print [Hello World! in Logo]

The up and coming language ...
indexing "Hello"
class HELLO
creation
run
feature
run is
local
io : BASIC_IO;
do

I have heard that present day Windows and the .Net framework are being increasingly written in C# (Csharp) rather than the more traditional C++

You can use the value from time. If you are using Freepascal check
http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/datetimeroutines.html

I would advice you to post your questions in the Pascal...

The group at BCX-basic is still quite active. They even developed a VB like IDE for their version of basic. BCX basic now translates to either C or C++. Best of all is the price, nada! The...

There was a time when the world belonged to ADA. At least the ADA programmers cogitated so.

with TEXT_IO;
use TEXT_IO;
procedure Hello is
pragma MAIN;
begin
PUT ("Hello World! in Ada");...

Here is a little insight into Lisp from a Python programmer. I found it interesting to read ...
http://ibiblio.org/obp/py4fun/lisp/lisp.html

Thanks Narue! Found the other ancestors but not CPL ...

// Hello world example in BCPL
GET "libhdr"

LET start() = VALOF
$( writes("Hello world*N")
RESULTIS 0
$)

Just want to get ideas on which modern language could replace good old Basic, so the learning curve isn't too galling.

I am partial to Python. The reasons:

1. It is an interpreted language,...

William Gates' claim to the "Programmers Hall of Fame" is DOS, specifically MS-DOS for the the first IBM PC. I think that was written in assembler. It was a great achievement in those early PC...

I understand this is the A language that led to B then C. Correct me, if I am wrong ...

( # Hello # print(("Hello World! in Algol 68",newline)))

The Ruby world has responded with a GUI Hello World!

require 'fox'

include Fox

theApp = FXApp.new

theMainWindow = FXMainWindow.new(theApp, "Hello World!",nil, nil, DECOR_ALL, 10, 10, 300,...