What subfields use computers the most and least? (soft question)

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What areas within research mathematics use computer programming (not including $\LaTeX$) the most and least? What programming languages are most commonly used in those fields?

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More: numerical analysis, cryptography. Less: set theory, general topology.

FORTRAN keeps being used for number crunching with C/C++ growing in popularity. Mathematica/Maple/Matlab are used almost everywhere and you will see Python, Perl, Ruby, Haskell, LISP...