If you read the articles, you'll see that his father is actually the founder of a patent law firm. An 8 year old gets a patent extremely fast as compared to the years many corporations wait for just as legitimate patents, and no one sees that maybe his father pulled a TON of strings for it? In the real world, he would wait as long, if not longer, for that patent to roll through the patent office as a major corporation would have to wait. His father is teaching him about patents the wrong way. Sure, the kid has some success coming for him, but when he's older, he'll learn the hard way that it is NEVER that easy.
You should try going with Haskell. I personally don't know the language, but I have a friend who decided that he was going to learn it and make a text editor program on Linux (that fits his needs) and it turned out to be really well written. There's a lot you can do with the language, and I'm sure that there really aren't too many people who actually know the language in depth like some do Java and C++. If you learn that, I'm sure there will be a greater demand for your skills. In terms of it being in demand in the current market? I've no clue.
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Has no one brought up the ridiculousness that is Battle Royale? There's not a computer-related thing in the movie that can even be remotely realistic.
If you read the articles, you'll see that his father is actually the founder of a patent law firm. An 8 year old gets a patent extremely fast as compared to the years many corporations wait for just as legitimate patents, and no one sees that maybe his father pulled a TON of strings for it? In the real world, he would wait as long, if not longer, for that patent to roll through the patent office as a major corporation would have to wait. His father is teaching him about patents the wrong way. Sure, the kid has some success coming for him, but when he's older, he'll learn the hard way that it is NEVER that easy.
You should try going with Haskell. I personally don't know the language, but I have a friend who decided that he was going to learn it and make a text editor program on Linux (that fits his needs) and it turned out to be really well written. There's a lot you can do with the language, and I'm sure that there really aren't too many people who actually know the language in depth like some do Java and C++. If you learn that, I'm sure there will be a greater demand for your skills. In terms of it being in demand in the current market? I've no clue.