Ask HN: What programming language do you recommend starting with?

Re:Ask HN: What programming language do you recommend starti... by mratzloff on Saturday September 29, 2012 @08:02PM (#4591389)

I'd say the English equivalent is PHP: a mongrel language that succeeded because it absorbed everything, where you can say things 10 different ways. Most developers know enough of the language to be conversant, making it a kind of lingua franca.

From a historical viewpoint, English is just as much a weird mishmash of everything as PHP is.

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Re:Ask HN: What programming language do you recommend starti... by jfaucett on Saturday September 29, 2012 @08:30PM (#4591456)

I think you got it :), also PHP is kind of like the "fluent in english" requirement on every job post. While we're at it, what would the Lisp equivalent be?

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Re:Ask HN: What programming language do you recommend starti... by logical42 on Saturday September 29, 2012 @09:37PM (#4591629)

Esperanto.

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Re:Ask HN: What programming language do you recommend starti... by Ernestas on Sunday September 30, 2012 @06:19PM (#4594423)

Latin

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Re:Ask HN: What programming language do you recommend starti... by aviraldg on Sunday September 30, 2012 @07:04AM (#4592603)

Speaking in English won't give you a heart attack.

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Re:Ask HN: What programming language do you recommend starti... by jfaucett on Sunday September 30, 2012 @08:51AM (#4592745)

no but living in an english speaking country will http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity

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