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Ask HN: What programming language you will learn in 2018?

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Re: Ask HN: What programming language you will learn in 2018?

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Post by meneame2 »

djellybeans wrote: post #12

Rust and Solidity

Is Rust ready for scientific computing?

I understand that given you are listing Rust alongside Solidity, your interest might be in cryptocurrencies, but I still thought this might be worth to ask.

I'm very experienced in C++98, less so in C++11 and successors as I spent most of my time on other languages this decade (OCaml, Scala and R). C++11 is much more modern and appealing, so I'm wondering whether I should update my C++ skills, learn Julia, learn Rust, or a combination of those.

Re: Ask HN: What programming language you will learn in 2018?

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Post by bobochan »

Perl6. I have been using perl5 forever and I remember going to the second Perl Conference in 1998 and coming home feeling so cool showing off my new Perl Mongers t-shirt. The amount of new perl that I write has steadily dropped over the years (replaced by a mix of c++, python, and R), but I going to make a resolution to try and get up to speed on perl6 this year.

Re: Ask HN: What programming language you will learn in 2018?

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Post by electricslpnsld »

meneame2 wrote: post #13
djellybeans wrote: post #12

Rust and Solidity

Is Rust ready for scientific computing? I understand that given you are listing Rust alongside Solidity, your interest might be in cryptocurrencies, but I still thought this might be worth to ask. I'm very experienced in C++98, less so in C++11 and successors as I spent most of my time on other languages this decade (OCaml, Scala and R). C++11 is much more modern and appealing, so I'm wondering whether I should updat…

> Is Rust ready for scientific computing?

Did Rust ever get integer generics?

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