Ask HN: Should I learn C++ in 2019?

Re:Ask HN: Should I learn C++ in 2019? by melling on Saturday August 17, 2019 @10:08AM (#20724109)

If you’re learning it just for the sake of learning it, I’d probably choose something like Haskell. You’ll learn to think a little differently. Laziness, pure functions, immutability, etc

If you’ve got a specific project or job in mind then sure.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I learn C++ in 2019? by quickthrower2 on Saturday August 17, 2019 @11:25PM (#20728046)

Haskell is great for this.

Common Lisp too for a very different perspective. Swap your powerful type system for a powerful macro system. Then decide what you prefer!

And finally idiomatic Javascript (i.e. don’t use classes!). People have wrote you don’t need static types if you have great tests, so I want to think about that idea. I always keep an open mind.

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