Programming language to learn for next decade?
I want to try learning one of the hot new programming languages that took off in the last decade. Which of them do you think has the best long potential?
Fortran
Python
It's an old language from 1990s. And python 3 tbh does not feel that much radically different from what we had 15-20 years ago (unlike new C++ standards) I'm more interested in new (or significantly improved like C++xx) languages assuming one is already sufficiently familiar with mainstream languages from a decade ago
Just learn whatever language you need when you need it. They're all the same and you have little to no choice usually (except for your own pet projects)
Bash
Programming language are just tools to get the job done. The best language is the one which is most suitable for the task at hand.
This is true in general, although how do you feel about a newgrad "C/C++ programmer" on your codebase in prod?
How will know whether the one you use now is most suitable for the task at hand if you never try new languages? Most languages are universal and suitable for many purposes, and just because one of them has been dominating a field doesn't necessarily mean it's the best tool going forward. E.g. Kotlin seems to be overtaking Java for Android programming these days, and Julia and Swift seem like promising new languages for ML that could dethrone Python one day
Elixir / Erlang needs to be an option. Itโs the secret sauce. https://twitter.com/devoncestes/status/1103998647673520128?s=21
Good to see a fellow BEAM-er. Do you use Erlang/ Elixir at Oath ?
But but ... Java isn't dying ...
Wtf is the hype with Golang? Is it glorified because it's a Google thing again?
I don't understand either. Someone enlighten us?
Where is C++20? You're behind the trend already
Sorry, can't edit poll, just vote for C++
It lacks the spaceship operator <=> I'm voting for Other