Ask HN: what language should I learn next?

Re:Ask HN: what language should I learn next? by Anon84 on Thursday July 17, 2008 @10:55AM (#248530)

Hindi! Everything will eventually be outsourced to india, anyway.

Seriously though... Python is probably the best option, followed closely by Java.

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Re:Ask HN: what language should I learn next? by Anon84 on Thursday July 17, 2008 @02:29PM (#248859)

I guess humor (even when mixed with serious contributions) is down modded at HN.

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Re:Ask HN: what language should I learn next? by j2d2 on Thursday July 17, 2008 @11:49AM (#248582)

Hindi! Everything will eventually be outsourced to india, anyway.

Please keep this kind of thing off HN.

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Re:Ask HN: what language should I learn next? by PieSquared on Thursday July 17, 2008 @12:23PM (#248645)

It was a joke. Soon after followed by a serious comment.

I would agree with what you said, had the comment been completely devoid of content, but as it is, I think you're being way too harsh.

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Re:Ask HN: what language should I learn next? by rbanffy on Thursday July 17, 2008 @12:07PM (#248616)

The funny thing is that once I considered learning Chinese because, at the time, I was in the middle of a hardware project where we had to deal with motherboard and other component suppliers located in China and our communications were constantly breaking down because we couldn't agree on a common subset of English.

So, if you really have to spend time with people who don't speak your first (or second, or third) language, it's always a good idea to invest some time learning their first one.

And it also shows you care.

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Re:Ask HN: what language should I learn next? by sophist on Thursday July 17, 2008 @12:36PM (#248678)

Exactly. For maximum outsourcing utility you should learn Kannada or Tamil instead.

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