Favorite programming and scripting language?

C/C++ all the way, or assembly, depends on the application and how I need it to run more complexed tasks use C/C++ more simple tasks use assembly...

I used C++ like a year ago, but it was getting to harsh. I'm using Visual Basics right now. It's like a hobby of sorts. I've only finished an decryption program so far so I can type something in and the outcome is "gibberish" and vice versa.

I like visual basic, it is so easy and basic. A great script language for beginners, like me. :-)

For programming nothing beats C/Objective-C for me. It has an elegant syntax and it's quite easy to to use imo. As for scripting, Javascript is my favorite. I like the openness and flexibility of the language, it allows me to essentially do whatever I want with it, like molding clay.

How do you differ between "programming language" and "scripting language"?

I greatly enjoy Python. Python is simple, yet powerful, and the Blender Game Engine runs on it.

I don't really have a favourite. They all have little imperfections that don't bother me excessively, but make the languages imperfect (in my opinion). Here's an example of something I dislike (bolded) in C:

int *foo;        // foo will store a value that is a pointer to an int.
int foo[2];      // foo will store 2 integers. The value of foo is a pointer to an int.
int *foo[2];     // foo will store an array of 2 pointer to integers. The value of foo will be a pointer to a pointer to an int.
                 // notice it's lost its left-to-right reading. do not like!
int (*foo)[2];   // foo will store a pointer to an array of 2 integers.

Here's an example of something I dislike (bolded) in Javascript (similar with PHP, Perl, Ruby):

var foo = 0;
document.write("The number is: " + foo);
if (foo) { /* this will never run */ }

var foo = new Number(0);
document.write("The number is: " + foo);
if (foo) { /* despite the output being the same as the code above, this will always run */ }

Here's an example of something I dislike in C#:

int x = 1;
uint y = 8;
x <<= y; /* doesn't compile. shifts apparently require int operands. */

I could go on and on, but to be honest it's not worthwhile complaining about such little issues. I'm just greatful to know about them. I guess I could name C as my favourite, because that's the language I learnt this sort of observation from.