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Re:Ask HN: what language should I learn next? by vikram on Thursday July 17, 2008 @01:29PM (#248757)
It's probably not worth learning another language for a web development project. You'll spend most of the time learning the syntax and the framework. Nothing which will expand your mind.

Try a functional language like Haskell, Erlang or ML. But you really need a problem to work on. A database-backed web app can easily be written in Ruby, but maybe there is a feature which requires background processing, write that in the newly learnt language.

BTW, how is your javascript?

Re:Ask HN: what language should I learn next? by jshen on Thursday July 17, 2008 @01:39PM (#248785)
"but maybe there is a feature which requires background processing, write that in the newly learnt language."

great advice.

Re:Ask HN: what language should I learn next? by schtog on Thursday July 17, 2008 @03:33PM (#248969)
Agree and a standard project to do in Erlang seems to be a webserver which will also increase your understanding of webprogramming in general.