I was going to make this a poll but that would involve an ungodly amount of choices. So yes, I was curious what people like to use to code, and what they code in! I personally use Komodo because I just really like the environment and have money to burn. I code in Python, Java, C#, C, Object-C, Lua, Forth (a bit), Scheme (because I enjoy lambda calculus), Mathematica (not sure if language...), and brainfuck (actually a thing (you have to use loops to multiply!)). Also, if you prefer a specific OS for programming (Linux, whatever) post that too!
I use Java for most cases and PHP for web applications simply because I know them the best. Eclipse and Notepad++ are essential!
Same as the 2 above, I know a ton more java then anything else I know. But I know a "fair" bit of perl and python as well, but have never used them enough to use seriously.
I first READ Java, and reading Java source code, I understood it, it is really easy, then I tried many many things, then now I understand nearly every languages except the LISP, because it's essentially made of packets names that you must know... My main language today is assembly. So for that I got the best disassembler/assembler, a resource extractor, and an extractor that could get everything else, such as manifests or other data that can't be get another way... I'm today capable of taking a program (not depending of the language it is programmed in, except for Visual Basic and Java and some other languages that could be decompiled to make a code really close to the original one, you should know that a Java application, even in a .exe format can't be really disassembled as it's core code is in a class file, wich can't be disassembled to get a real code) and to modify it, for example: My actual browser is BASED on Opera (If you see what I mean )
I'm going to guess here that you run a custom linux distro/ (more) easily customized distro i.e. puppylinux, no?
Absolutely NOT. You can dissasemble EVERYTHING. Including, as far as Microsoft can try to remove this feature, Windows, so I can get the source code of a part of Windows if I feel the need, wich isn't the case for the moment... I also look to the Ubuntu source code on the web (you can find it easily) for the Internet source code (likely) only.
Um... I think there was a miscommunication. I was saying that the way you approach computers/coding would seem to predispose you to changing things a lot, and that you would chose an operating system based on that.
Like a Jedi... ok, fine, more like Jar Jar Binks. I've never been a fan of fancy IDE's and working two years in a Microsoft-centered software shop reinforced that. The only coding I do now is a little PHP, so PuTTY + TMUX + Nano. I use VIM too, but with the right config Nano actually does a good job and is far less complicated.
