Rui CarmoI dumped more than a few old backups over the past couple of weeks, to fascinating results.
Much to my amazement, I kept a fair amount of source code from the past couple of decades, and it was fun (if occasionally embarrassing) to look at the hundreds of personal projects I dabbled in, from little hacks and scripts to entire desktop apps (none of which even run anymore, unless I can bother to set up a VM for them).
The awesome thing was that after hitting a set of densely packed folders with college coursework, I came across a “Sinclair” folder… I have absolutely no idea how I managed to convert some of those assembly files across (I suppose the older bits were migrated by way of “CP/M”:Wikipedia:CP/M on the “+3”:Wikipedia:ZXpectrum#ZXpectrum2B3), but it was then that I decided to try to summarize the whole thing in some fashion.
For your amusement, here’s a more-or-less complete tally of what programming languages I was into over the years:
Update: Come April 2018, I decided to tack on the post-2013 years.
| Year (est.) | Languages | Platforms |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | (Very little) C#, a lot of Python and JavaScript, a fair amount of Java, some regrettable moments with PHP on Windows, a fair amount of fun with Lua and C/C++ on IoT devices, some R again. | Windows (obviously) in Azure services, a lot of Linux, some ARM64, a bunch of tiny ARM devices, Xamarin. |
| 2017 | ||
| 2016 | ||
| 2015 | A return to LISP via Clojure, a few deep dives into Go and Erlang, yet more Python and JavaScript | Mostly Linux and ARM devices, a lot less iOS. |
| 2014 | ||
| 2013 | ||
| 2012 | A lot more Python and JavaScript, a little more Java, a little raw “C”:Wikipedia:C, some Objective-C, some Ruby, a little Lua, a fair amount of R. | Macs, some Linux boxes and a plethora of ARM and mobile devices (Android, iOS, Linux). |
| 2011 | ||
| 2010 | ||
| 2009 | ||
| 2008 | Python (including PyObjC), JavaScript, a lot less “big iron” Java and Perl, as little PHP as humanly possible, some “C++”:Wikipedia:CXX and Erlang | Macs and assorted ARM devices. A few Linux machines, the dawn of Android apps, some Qt and LiMo, Ericsson networking gear. |
| 2007 | ||
| 2006 | ||
| 2005 | ||
| 2004 | ||
| 2003 | ||
| 2002 | Loads and loads of Perl and PHP, very little JavaScript, some “C”:Wikipedia:C. | Mostly Macs. |
| 2001 | ||
| 2000 | A bunch of Linux and Windows PCs, some “Sun”:Wikipedia:Sunicrosystems boxes. | |
| 1999 | ||
| 1998 | ||
| 1997 | Java (I had faith). Some “C++”:Wikipedia:CXX, some Perl. | |
| 1996 | ||
| 1995 | ||
| 1994 | MPW, more “680×0”:Wikipedia:68k stuff, “Object Pascal”:Wikipedia:Objectascal, “Objective-C”:Wikipedia:Objective-C, “C++”:Wikipedia:CXX (mostly Microsoft “MFC”:Wikipedia:Microsoftoundationlassibrary), a bunch of LISP, some “Prolog”:Wikipedia:Prolog, some Perl. | A bunch of “68k”:Wikipedia:68k Macs, “VMS”:Wikipedia:VMS and UNIX gear, my beloved NeXTCube. |
| 1993 | ||
| 1992 | ||
| 1991 | ||
| 1990 | “x86”:Wikipedia:x86 assembly, “Turbo Pascal”:Wikipedia:Turboascal, a little “C”:Wikipedia:C (there was even a copy of “Brief”:Wikipedia:Brieftextditor …) | A few PCs, some “68k”:Wikipedia:68k Macs |
| 1989 | ||
| 1988 | ||
| 1987 | ||
| 1986 | “680×0”:Wikipedia:68k assembly, “Pascal”:Wikipedia:Pascal | “QL”:Wikipedia:SinclairL, an Atari ST |
| 1985 | ||
| 1984 | ||
| 1983 | “BASIC”:Wikipedia:BASICrogramminganguage, “Z80”:Wikipedia:Z80 assembly | Sinclair “ZX81”:Wikipedia:SinclairX81, “Spectrum”:Wikipedia:SinclairXpectrum 48K (later +3) |
| 1982 | ||
| 1981 |
(Some dates are approximate, and could even be wrong since I had to believe the archive dates…)