[ageofwant]

> I default to python in interviews even though it's my least favorite out of the languages that I use frequently.

Why is that ? I would image that you'd use the language you are most comfortable with and trust the most during an interview ? What makes Python a good 'interview' language but a less good bread and butter language for you ?

[vostok]

I find that python requires the least boilerplate code out of the most common programming languages. I mostly dislike it on aesthetic grounds.

I really like the modern incarnations of C++ and statically typed ML-influenced, but not necessarily ML-derived, languages.

There are many criticisms that one could make about R, but I like some of its lispier features.

[jonathankoren]

If he's listing LaTeX as a programming language and talking about how little programming he had, I suspect he's stuck with R or Matlab.

[spicyj]

TeX is a "real" programming language.

[kevin_thibedeau]

It's a macro expander. Good luck debugging that.