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A comment on Ask HN: If I learn one programming language, what should it be?.

Re:Ask HN: If I learn one programming language, what should ... by TheKickOff on Thursday April 30, 2015 @10:02AM (#9465077)
Java. Despite what you may hear about it, this remains the number one or two (depending on who you ask) language in use.

It has a HUGE amount of libraries available and the standard library (SE and EE) cover a lot of ground.

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Re:Ask HN: If I learn one programming language, what should ... by GoldenMonkey on Thursday April 30, 2015 @11:03AM (#9465478)
nada, too much overhead... get something lightweight... you can run python in the terminal.
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Re:Ask HN: If I learn one programming language, what should ... by bnejad on Thursday April 30, 2015 @07:50PM (#9468366)
You are aware that you can also run Java "in the terminal" right?
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