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Which Language To Learn?

Posted by kdawson on from the future-proofing-the-skillset dept.

LordStormes writes "I've been a Java/C++/PHP developer for about 6 years now. However, I'm seeing the jobs for these languages dry up, and Java in particular is worrisome with all the Oracle nonsense going on. I think it's time to pick up a new language or risk my skills fading into uselessness. I'm looking to do mostly Web-based back-end stuff. I've contemplated Perl, Python, Ruby, Erlang, Go, and several other languages, but I'll put it to you — what language makes the most sense now to get the jobs? I've deliberately omitted .NET — I have no desire to do the Microsoft languages."

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  1. The one to rule them all by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The obvious solution is to make a language that ultimately trounces all others, and then write a white paper declaring this. Game, set, match.

    1. Re:The one to rule them all by Patrick+May · · Score: 5, Funny

      Lisp already exists.

    2. Re:The one to rule them all by Shikaku · · Score: 3, Funny

      You mean Haskell right?

    3. Re:The one to rule them all by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's a queer way to spell Erlang.

  2. How about by Aggrajag · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try Finnish, Oracle hasn't bought Finland yet.

    1. Re:How about by indeterminator · · Score: 3, Funny

      Unfortunately, Finnish is only effective for instructing ~0.1% of world's population. It is particularly inefficient when yelled over Skype to an Indian outsourcee.

  3. Re:Really? by n0ahg · · Score: 2, Funny

    VB

  4. FORTRAN vs 4chan by gatzke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mentioned FORTRAN to a student the other day and he thought I was talking about 4chan.

    Definitely Not. The. Same.

    1. Re:FORTRAN vs 4chan by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

      Mentioned FORTRAN to a student the other day and he thought I was talking about 4chan.

      Definitely Not. The. Same.

      Yeah, one of those is full of people writing something that looks really perverted and gross, in all caps, and the other is 4chan.

  5. Re:Really? by oldhack · · Score: 3, Funny

    They really should file a class-action suit against Larry for all the gross mental anguish, you know. It's a crime against nerds, really.

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  6. Re:Think carefully. Do you want to be close to MS? by turbidostato · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Do you really want people easily de-compiling your code?"

    Not!!! That's why I program in Perl, so people can't decompile even my *source* code.

  7. Mandarin by grikdog · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course.

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  8. Re:ObjC is not purpose specific by bradgoodman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yea, but saying "Objective-C isn't purpose specific - you can do iPods, iPads, iPhones *and* Macs" - is sort of like saying "We play *all* kinds of music - Country *and* Western!"

  9. Re:Really? by oldspewey · · Score: 2, Funny

    The question seems to be more which language will replace Java and trust of Oracle zeroes out as they kill the language by having clumsy fools trying to monetise it.

    I don't know about everybody else, but my money is on Esperanto.

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  10. Re:Really? by jbengt · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've worked in various indoor and outdoor environments, picking up dog droppings, surveying leaky plumbing systems, cleaning up after broken sanitary drain pipes. Anyone considering work not involving fecal matter "shit labor" has a severe reality deficit disorder.

  11. Re:Just C. by wootest · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll have what he's having. I could use a good high.

  12. Re:Just a thought by sthomas · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, they should "do the needful."