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Ask Slashdot: What Language Should a Former Coder Dig Into?

Posted by samzenpus on from the getting-your-chops-back dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I was a consultant for nearly 20 years and I got into projects where I had to work with a huge variety of software, operating systems, hardware, programming languages, and other assorted technologies. After retiring from that I have spent the last 10 years in a completely different sector. Now I find myself wanting to really focus on coding for personal reasons. You can imagine how out-of-touch I am since I never really was more than a hack to begin with. I can learn syntax and basics in a weekend, question is, what Language should I become native to? Never liked anything 'lower-level' than C, and I don't have the funds to 'buy' my development environment....help me Slashdot, you're my only hope."

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  1. Some half-truths and prejudices by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Best all-around: Python

    Best for enterprise work: Java

    Best for OS dev, e.g. device drivers: C

    Best for system programming above OS, e.g. database internals: C++

    Best for game programming: C++

    Best for financial apps: C#

    Best social networking startup interview: Ruby

    Best for web dev: JavaScript

    Best for bioinformatics: R, SAS