Re:Ask HN: If you were to learn a programming language for y...
by hga on Sunday January 31, 2010 @03:08PM
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Agree with nostrademons: you want a reasonably simple and minimally regular multi-paradigm language with an interpreter that is a good fit for a problem domain you're interested in.
Based on the domain, you're unlikely to go wrong with any of the three languages and ecosystems he's suggested (granted, to a great extent JavaScript is a Scheme with an Algol family face).
C# and Java are not interpreted and have complicated syntax, pretty much see things in an OO way---all in all their friction is high and there's a lot you have to learn before you can really start doing things.
Based on the domain, you're unlikely to go wrong with any of the three languages and ecosystems he's suggested (granted, to a great extent JavaScript is a Scheme with an Algol family face).
C# and Java are not interpreted and have complicated syntax, pretty much see things in an OO way---all in all their friction is high and there's a lot you have to learn before you can really start doing things.