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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. 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.

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

    Lisp already exists.

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

    You mean Haskell right?

  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.

    --
    Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
  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. 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!"

  8. 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.

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

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

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

    That's a queer way to spell Erlang.