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Poll: Which 3 languages would you learn

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Re: Poll: Which 3 languages would you learn

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C -- It's the classic. I've only learnt Java in the C-style languages, and I'm interested in all of the code written in C.

Emacs Lisp -- I love using Emacs and I've always been interested in Lisp from what I've heard online. Sounds like a useful way to do it.

Haskell -- The idea of a functional language intrigues me... I'd love to try it.

And spoken languages? I'm interested in Latin and Ancient Greek because I already read a lot of works written in those languages, in translations. Thirdly, probably German.

Re: Poll: Which 3 languages would you learn

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Am I the only one who doesn't think programming language when I read natural language? I speak 4 at the moment; I would like to be able to read French since it was the international language up until 200-300 years ago and maybe some Greek to be able to read the ancient texts. In terms of useful languages, I think Italian is the most enjoyable language although I know it I would like to master it.

If you are interested in Greek Language check these Speeches from Xenophon Zolotas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophon_Zolotas
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