Poll: Which programming language do you plan on learning next? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: Which programming language do you plan on learning next?

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Post by hendler » Mon, Aug 25, 2008, 5:30 PM UTC

Triis wrote: post #24

Is Ruby/Python similar to C/C++?

no.

C precedes C++ (and uses the same basic syntax) and C++ changes the paradigm to object oriented (but like C is statically typed and compiled). Ruby and Python are part of the same paradigm of dynamic, object oriented languages.

Re: Poll: Which programming language do you plan on learning next?

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Post by gcv » Mon, Aug 25, 2008, 5:35 PM UTC

Haskell. I tried three times so far, and stalled each time once I reached monad transformers. Scratch that: I consistently stalled at understanding monads. I understand the Maybe monad, but I couldn't wrap my head around the implementation of the State monad. Then I looked at monad transformers, and they made my eyes cross. (If Haskell's syntax was just a tiny bit less jarring to my Lisp-addled eyes, maybe I'd try more often than once a year...)

Re: Poll: Which programming language do you plan on learning next?

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Post by andhapp » Mon, Aug 25, 2008, 5:35 PM UTC

Groovy (or is it considered Java)

Re: Poll: Which programming language do you plan on learning next?

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Post by ii » Mon, Aug 25, 2008, 5:38 PM UTC

OCaml and Objective C

Re: Poll: Which programming language do you plan on learning next?

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Post by cstejerean » Mon, Aug 25, 2008, 5:40 PM UTC

prakash wrote: post #23

eznet wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought the same thing here - unique languages with distinctive paradigms, deserving of separate choices.

My thought process was, if Python and/or Ruby is on the to learn list, they would look at both, but go with one of them.

Unless of course you already know Python and want to learn Ruby next (or the other way around).

Re: Poll: Which programming language do you plan on learning next?

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Post by stanley » Mon, Aug 25, 2008, 5:40 PM UTC

Java

Re: Poll: Which programming language do you plan on learning next?

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Post by fedecarg » Mon, Aug 25, 2008, 5:44 PM UTC

The creator of this Poll is a PHP programmer, that's why PHP is not on the list.

Re: Poll: Which programming language do you plan on learning next?

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Post by prakash » Mon, Aug 25, 2008, 5:45 PM UTC

cstejerean wrote: post #35

prakash wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My thought process was, if Python and/or Ruby is on the to learn list, they would look at both, but go with one of them.

Unless of course you already know Python and want to learn Ruby next (or the other way around).

True that; but wouldn't you be better off learning a language that is a lot more different?

Re: Poll: Which programming language do you plan on learning next?

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Post by ecommercematt » Mon, Aug 25, 2008, 5:53 PM UTC

GW-BASIC

Re: Poll: Which programming language do you plan on learning next?

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Post by dill_day » Mon, Aug 25, 2008, 5:54 PM UTC

Haskell