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Programming challenge languages

Name: Anonymous 2015-01-21 4:50

What are some good programming languages for small programming challenges?
That is, the kinds of questions that you'd find in a Microsoft interviewTM or on a site like Project Euler.
The idea here is that it's quick to turn an algorithm into code.
A big requirement is that it should have a lot of inbuilt data structures such as trees or hash maps so you don't have to write your own.
It should also have easily accessible functions for doing things such as sorting arrays.

I've mostly been using Java because of the collections framework.

Name: Anonymous 2015-01-21 7:06

To quickly turn an algorithm into code, any general scripting language will do: python, ruby, perl, javascript, lua...
Do not forget to try exotic languages, like APL, OCaml, picolis... and these newer experimental ones like Go, Rust, Julia, Symta...

But seriously, verbose enterprise shits like Java, C++, Cobol and the likes are the worst choices for getting work done quickly.

Name: Anonymous 2015-01-21 17:25

>>2
Symta

Comment disregarded.

Name: Anonymous 2015-01-21 19:42

try exotic languages, like OCaml
IHBT
experimental ones like Go, Rust
IHBT

Name: Anonymous 2015-01-22 18:54

cool thread

upboat =D

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