I think my personal bugbear is the thing called Symbian C++. Its something like C++ with a bunch of macros and conventions. I must state I like C++!
So what is my problem with it?
- documentation: sometimes it is just not there. It is generated from the source, but at a couple of places only the function names are present, without any comment - cute....
- macros: as it is a descendant of Epoc, it has many archaic things: no try-catch (at least until 9.1), but a "nice" feature called clean-up stack: it is a semi-automatic garbage collection thing, but that should be done by a compiler, not by a programmer.
- no multiple inheritance (like Java) so extensive use of interfaces are required sometimes.
- all applications are dlls: no static data is allowed - and the compiler won't help much to pinpoint where you put in one (actually an ancient Epoc faq does give a good method)
...
I used a couple of Series 60 SDK from Nokia, so from now on its only for that:
- with Visual Studio as an IDE, it needed: Java SDK, J#, Perl installed just to install - nice system integration
- the emulator implements the APIs of the OS, not emulates the hardware, it is not able to emulate timing/performance at all
- the compiler doesn't check bit alignment, so an app running nicely on the emu can produce very misterious crashes on production hardware (ARM processors have very strict restrictions on bit alignment, unlike x86)
- emulator in a release (not beta) was buggy, and all delete operators in the application caused an exception - not even bundled examples worked (really nice job Nokia)
- some examples contain bad practice, like the use of clean-up stack - actually the lack of...
- finally: some examples didn't even compile from the SDK, some crashed , some did not produce the expected result - ok, a lot actually worked.

I am studying Symbian for my MSc, its really fun
Its not impossible, but it needs patience and intuitions...

i hate C++ .net and lisp (every kindof it) and i also hate MFC and Visual Basic...

Lang prolly VB its dumb, environment Cosmic-C no doubt, API gotta be MFC with a close second of win32

Oh my, how negative.

Let's start with my most hated API. I'm a devout student of the "Win32 API is evil" school. It's bloated and complicated and makes you type long and cleverly obfuscated names, and requires too many unnecessary type casts.

Now for my most hated environment. Without a doubt, RosAsm. It was actively written to be hard to use for anyone familiar with any common user interface. Not to mention that it's a miserable attempt at an assembler without a command line interface or any static linking capability and the macros are ugly as sin, but that's another matter.

My most hated language is Visual Basic, but I haven't used it in ages, so it's possible that I could try it again and fall in love...though somehow I doubt it.

I can take or leave IDEs...they're pretty irrelevant to me.

Most hated languages...I'd have to echo Voodoo and Nova with VB, and tack on assembly for the tie. I had to learn it in school, I made sure I was well qualified with assembly, but if I never have to use it again, it'll be too soon!

@ Voodoo: Win32 rules

it does indeed...the depths of hell!!!

I dont like VB i guess.

And I dont believe in anything other than Win32 and MFC.

ah you live in a small small poorly designed world

Yes, I do.

in C/C++ we trust