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One of our favorite things to do over
at LinuxJournal.com is to check the
pulse of the Linux community and our
readership. We do this fairly regularly
with simple polls on our site. These
give us valuable insight into your
interests, and they give us a fun way
to get feedback on a specific question.
Sometimes a simple question generates
a tremendous amount of discussion, and
even a little controversy. We recently
asked readers to choose their favorite
programming language, and we received
a lot of great answers. Check it out at
www.linuxjournal.com/content/whats-
your-favorite-programming-language.
We know that for some of you, your
favorite programming language is such an
important part of your existence that you
are understandably quite opinionated
on the subject. So, as you might expect,
there were clear leaders and underdogs,
as well as passionate supporters of each.
Python tends to be the favorite among
our readers, and it has won more than
one Readers’ Choice Award for favorite
programming language. Indeed, Python
has staying power, as it once again
was the leading choice among
LinuxJournal.com readers with 24% of
the votes. Not surprisingly, there were
many skeptics among the commenters,
LinuxJournal.com Programming Survey
