C#, C++, VBA or Java ?

[Poomrang]

Hi all,

Among these four programming languages, which one do you think is the most valuable to master for a Quant Developer ?

Thanks a lot for your comments.

 

[Daniel Duffy]

C++ for sure. No doubt about it.

People think if you know C++ then you can learn any language (which is kind of true)

C# is becoming popular, even in combination with C++.
VBA is used a lot.

Learning a numbers of languages is much better.

 

[Andres Vargas]

Maybe this has been asked many times, but is C++ a good first programming language? Are there any other suggestions?

 

[Daniel Duffy]

Maybe this has been asked many times, but is C++ a good first programming language? Are there any other suggestions?

Speaking for myself

In the 80's I went from from Fortran and Cobol directly to C++. It would have been better if I had first done some C.

After C++, C# is useful for quant work IMO.

 

[Poomrang]

Maybe this has been asked many times, but is C++ a good first programming language? Are there any other suggestions?

I have the impression that C# is becoming a standard also, thanks to its simplicity !

Anyone who cares about Java ?

 

[Daniel Duffy]

I have the impression that C# is becoming a standard also, thanks to its simplicity !

Yes, I agree. And productivity levels are >> C++ levels.

 

[Poomrang]

Speaking for myself

In the 80's I went from from Fortran and Cobol directly to C++. It would have been better if I had first done some C.

After C++, C# is useful for quant work IMO.

sorry, but what do you mean by IMO ?

 

[Daniel Duffy]

sorry, but what do you mean by IMO ?

Sorry, IMO = In My Opinion.

Like C++, it's mad overloaded

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/IMO

sometimes IMHO