There are many popular programming languages. Here's a brief list of some you may have heard of.
C and C++ are very powerful languages that have withstood the test of time. They can be hard to learn. Most commercial programs are written in C or C++ languages. The C++ language evoved from C in order to support "object oriented" programming. C is the language of choice if you are running in embedded devices or wherever resources are scarce. For example, much of Linux is written C.
Visual Basic is a Microsoft technology that is easy to learn. While it is a good language for beginners, it's performance and lack of control (compared with C++) can be a problem. As a result, there aren't very many professional programs released using VB. Microsoft IIS comes with Active Server Pages (ASP), which is most often used with a Visual Basic variant called VBScript.
Perl is a language that is also found on many Unixy systems. It is excellent at string parsing. This site is written in Perl.
Java is a language created to run in embedded devices. It features object oriented programming with automatic memory management and "write once run anywhere" operation. Java is becoming very popular as the "back end" to large web sites.
Javascript (also known as ECMAscript) is a language that runs in your browser. It is used to create a more dynamic user interface experience. Javascript is not the same as Java, even though they share the same syntax. The use of Javascript used to be limited to simple UI manipulation. New Javascript based applications (like GMail and Google Maps) use a large Javascript application that communicates with a remote host using XML. This combination is called Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML).
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