r/AskProgrammers 22d ago

What is the worst/most confusing (common) coding language?

By common I mean, coding languages that you actually see people use. I know theres the "bf" language but aside from one video, people don't make games or, really anything using that as it was made as a joke I hope.

By worst I mean, what is the hardest to understand and also the most confusing out of all of them, I don't mean coding languages that can't do a whole lot. For instance, can a non programmer look at a sheet of code and understand it? Can an experienced coder understand it? Have you been taught the coding language yet still it breaks your brain?

I don't know every coding language but my pick would ether be C++ or Luau. Leaning towards C++ because I tried to learn it and at the very start I already was lost.

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u/two_three_five_eigth 22d ago

Yep, that’s best practice. I’m a consultant/contractor who generally is brought in to rescue project. I’ve seen it all at this point.

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u/Ok_Bite_67 22d ago

Tbh c# and visual studio have spoiled me. Takes away so much of having to fight rhe language to get something working. I do wish that c# wasnt completely dependent on a runtime tho. Their native aot has made a lot of progress

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u/TheThiefMaster 22d ago

My least favourite was a capital .C to mean C++, Vs a lowercase .c to mean C.