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Re:Ask HN: Most practical programming language to learn? by pettinato on Wednesday October 05, 2011 @11:03AM (#3075922)
I have never met a programmer who couldn't write C++. Python is definitely a good place to start as you can quickly code up something cool.
Re:Ask HN: Most practical programming language to learn? by tjgillies on Thursday October 13, 2011 @03:58AM (#3106547)
being able to write hello world in c++ and knowing c++ like a master are two different things.

I wrote a nodejs c-lucene extension in c++ and i still feel like a little baby in c++