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    	<h1 id="logo-text"><a href="index.html" title="">ME73</a></h1>		
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	    <p id="intro">A Programmer's Playground.</p>
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			<h2>Programming Languages</h2>
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<p><img src="images/binary.png" alt="binary" class="float-right" height="100" width="100" />
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During my studies and personal work, I've used a variety of programming
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languages. Here is an overview in chronologic order with some comments:</p>
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<h4>QBasic. *</h4>
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It was the first language that I've learned. I've enjoyed hacking
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around in it a little, but never got far with it due to lack of
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learning resources.</li>
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<li>
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<h4>C++. *****</h4>
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This was actually my second language to learn, which meant a big leap.
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My first contact was at the age of 15, though I hadn't used it
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extensively until I started studying. In the past years, I've been
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developing most of my personal and professional work in C++. It's a beast and should be
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only handled with care.</li>
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<li>
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<h4>Java. ***</h4>
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My first contact with Java was at the university. It does provide help
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by managed memory and a big standard library.
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<li>
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<h4>Haskell. *</h4>
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This language was a love-hate relationship for me. I hated it for being
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so difficult to grasp for the first time and loved it for inspiring me
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to approach problem solving from a differnt angle, even when working
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with non-functional languages.</li>
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<h4>Prolog. **</h4>
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Nice iterative language especially for the field of artificial
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intelligence.</li>
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<li>
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<h4>C. *****</h4>
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C is clean and flat. It is still the most successful structured language and will most
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probably still be in use for many years to come, even if it's just "under the hood".</li>
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<h4>Assembler. **</h4>
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Been there, done that.</li>
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<h4>C#. ***</h4>
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It feels like the more mature language based on a managed
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architecture, especially in combination with Visual Studio, developing
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in it is a breeze. The .Net framework is mostly a well structured and
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complete environment to work in.</li>
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<li>
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<h4>Python. ****</h4> 
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It's my personal favourite language for many fields. It's best suited
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for rapid prototyping, which fits perfectly into my method of working.</li>
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<h4>Go. *</h4>
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Google has developed an interesting language with the goal of providing a general programming language including a garbage collector and efficient methods for concurrency handling. It's a fun language and shows some interesting concepts including a more dynamic approach on object orientation.</li>
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<li>
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<br />* show my level of expertise in the language
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Operating Systems</h2>
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<li><h4>GNU/Linux</h4>
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Ubuntu, openSUSE, Red Hat and CentOS.</li>
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<li><h4>Microsoft Windows</h4>
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Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Vista/7.</li>
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<li><h4>AmigaOS</h4>
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Been a while...</li>
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<h2>Environments</h2>
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<h4>GVim &amp; gedit</h4>
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These are my general purpose editors for quick editing on all platforms
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and have become my prefered editors when working in an IDE-free environment.</li>
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<h4>Visual Studio</h4>
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It's my first choice for C#, C++ and C programming on Windows. It has
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proven to be a feature-rich, reliable and customisable IDE with great debugger integration.</li>
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<h4>Eclipse</h4>
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It's what I prefer when developing in Java and, to some extent, when
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working in C++ on Linux. It has a great plugin system and is therefore
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extendable to be used with a big variety of languages.</li>
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<h2>Tools</h2>
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<h4>Internet</h4>
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Chrome for browsing, IRSSI for IRC and Skype for communication.</li>
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<h4>Documentation</h4>
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gedit &amp; LaTeX for papers, gnuplot for analysis visualisations and Inkscape for graphics.</li>
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<h4>Version Control</h4>
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Mercurial for private work. 
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Subversion/CVS at work.</li>
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