What Programming Languages Should You Learn Next? 759
simoniker writes "Over at Dobbs Code Talk, Chris Diggins has been discussing programming languages beyond C++ or Java, suggesting options such as Ruby ('does a great job of showing how powerful a dynamic language can be, and leverages powerful ideas from Smalltalk, Perl, and Lisp') but suggesting Scala as a first choice ('Very accessible to programmers from different backgrounds.') What would your choice be for programmers extending beyond their normal boundaries?"
Verilog (Score:1, Funny)
10100001010 (Score:2, Funny)
Love the 'iPhone' tag (Score:4, Funny)
I understand that COBOL is pretty hot... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What Languages? (Score:5, Funny)
Whitespace (Score:5, Funny)
I have yet to find the courage to actually attempt this. . .
Re:Wrong Question (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wrong Question (Score:1, Funny)
10 goto 50
20
goto 50
50
I don't need any of that fancy OO Fortran
Re:What Languages? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wrong Question (Score:5, Funny)
Agreed. It's a sad day on /. when I look at purported code examples and say to myself "Hmph. BASIC poser."
"BASIC poser" may be the saddest phrase in the geek sublanguage of the English language.
Re:Wrong Question (Score:-1, Funny)
Stay in school - it's science-tific!
Eat at McDonald's - their burgers are America's favor-ate-s!
Feed your baby Similac - it's sim-u-lar to mother's milk!
Re:Whitespace (Score:5, Funny)
KTHXBYE
Re:Verilog (Score:3, Funny)
Uggh...pointers...BAD BAd bAD......no....not...the pointers again....[trembles]
I can deal with about anything, except pointers. Thanks for bringing the nightmares back again....
Brainfuck (Score:3, Funny)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck [wikipedia.org]
Re:I understand that COBOL is pretty hot... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Verilog (Score:-1, Funny)
Re:Wrong Question (Score:3, Funny)
Wintermute, is that you?
Re:I understand that COBOL is pretty hot... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Verilog (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Verilog (Score:2, Funny)