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Each time one of these "surveys" comes up I am surprised by the number of Python vs Ruby responses. It seems to always be 3 to 1 in favor of Python while I had thought the usage was more like 50/50.
Anecdotally, I don't personally know anybody using Ruby that isn't at least primarily a web developer, either, but I know several Python users.
java, c++, javascript you can do everything.
Except maintain anything you just wrote.
java, c++, javascript you can do everything.
Actually I don't think you can do everything in those 3 languages, you should try some functional programming and see the difference by yourself. Sure, all languages are turing equivalent, but some of things that are easy to write in e.g. lisp would be really painful to do in c++/java. Also none of them is suitable for replacing e.g. bash as a scripting language.
Three is a bad number. Three is the minimum required to do your job, so doesn't let you choose any cool languages that blow your mind and make you a better programmer. - you need to know C. All your infrastructure and fundamental libraries are built in C. If you can't read the code or fix bugs in your infrastructure, you need to hire somebody else who can. (N.B. if you work in an environment where all your infrastruc…
You need to know javascript. There are a lot of industries where you can live without it. It certainly doesn't make it onto my top three.
Three is a bad number. Three is the minimum required to do your job, so doesn't let you choose any cool languages that blow your mind and make you a better programmer. - you need to know C. All your infrastructure and fundamental libraries are built in C. If you can't read the code or fix bugs in your infrastructure, you need to hire somebody else who can. (N.B. if you work in an environment where all your infrastruc…
> you need to know Javascript You need to know javascript. There are a lot of industries where you can live without it. It certainly doesn't make it onto my top three.
So you might be able to get away without knowing Javascript, but you'll need somebody in your company who does, so my original comment stands.