LeCun revealed that he has been using C language for 23 years, and only started using Python 2 years ago. He also briefly tried Lua.

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The popular trend in the programmer circle is nostalgia every few years.

Recently, there has been a trend on Twitter about the history of programming language usage.

Even Turing Award winner and father of CNN - Yann LeCun got involved.

He revealed that he has used C language for the longest time, which is 23 years .

Afterwards, I "transferred my affection" to C++ .

Since 2009, other languages ​​have come and gone, but C++ has never been able to maintain its position.

It was not until 2018 that LeCun began to serve as Facebook's chief AI scientist, when he began to master Python, the hottest language in the AI ​​era.

In addition, other well-known programmers have also shared their history of using programming languages.

Founder of RSS:

△ RSS founder - Dave Winer

Past AAAI Presidents:

Thomas Dietterich, former AAAI president

Most popular programming language

Perhaps you have read the sharing of the masters and silently counted the history of programming language usage in your mind.

And if we go a step further, we will come to the eternal controversial topic:

Which language is the best?

A thousand programmers have a thousand answers.

However, if we look at the macro statistics, there are still some changes in the ranking of the world's most popular programming languages ​​from 1965 to 2019:

Fortran once dominated the world

We see that Fortran held the number one position from 1965 to 1980.

Pascal has rapidly risen among programming languages ​​since its birth, and C language is not far behind.

Pascal

It is not surprising that Pascal has risen to the number one position.

But I never expected that there was a C language behind it.

He only stayed on the top throne for 5 years before he was hastily removed from office.

Leading the trend for many years——C

Since it dethroned Pascal as the number one language in 1985, C has held the top spot.

For 16 years, no matter what happened, it remained unmoved.

Until Java came along...

Java

Since Java officially became an independent development tool in 1996, it has quickly become popular around the world.

In just 5 years, the C language was dethroned.

We also see that fresh "blood" has emerged, such as Python, PHP, and C#.

Python is the new hot topic

Since 2018, Python has jumped to the first place, JavaScript ranks second, and Java ranks third.

In the rankings over the years, there have always been familiar figures, such as C and C++ , which have always had their places in the top ten.

It is not difficult to understand why Yann LeCun is so fond of C and C++.

Comments from netizens

Netizens from all walks of life also began to expose their own mistakes.

There is also a well-known domestic Internet blogger - Ai Keke - Love Life:

In addition to the self-exposure, there are also some interesting comments.

I love Lisp!

C/C++, the best language!

After reading the programming usage history of various great programmers, what about yours?

What is your favorite language?

Reference link:

https://twitter.com/ylecun/status/1264213528698855426