programming language

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Programming languages are languages designed for humans to write for machines to interpret and execute, typically in the form of software, though sometimes in terminal commands.

Examples

Roughly by popularity / usage frequency on IndieWeb sites:

• JavaScript
• PHP
• Python
• Ruby
• Go
• Haskell
• Elixir
• Rust
• .NET

For more programming languages see the 2016 StackExchange: Programming Puzzles & Code Golf: Add a language to a polyglot.

Environmental Considerations

As part of green computing considerations:

• 2018-05-20 Which Programming Languages Use the Least Electricity?

See Also

• framework
• During Hacktoberfest 2018, people started collating Hello World implementations and other small programs in as many languages as possible.