Which programming language?

[Astray]

So, as the topic mentions, I'm looking for a few good programming languages to learn. I currently know a couple web-based languages such as HTMl, XHTML, DHTML, XML and some JavaScript...

I don't want to spend time learning a language that will die out or get replaced within the next couple years.

Any reccomendations?

 

[imported_LoKe]

PHP works great with HTML/JavaScript, in addition to MySQL in the future.

 

[Astray]

I'm looking to learn more about the program-based languages, though I'll most likely end up learning a few more (PHP being one of them on my list). I'm mostly looking for software-development languages at the moment.

 

[clamum]

C++, Java, C#

 

[Thyme]

Vanilla C would be good. It's not going anywhere. C++ is also likely to stay. Java and C# are great great languages to learn and IMO better to learn OOP than C++. Another fine choice would be Lisp. It's very much different than the others and you will learn a lot programming in it.

 

[DanceMan]

Originally posted by: clamum
C++, Java, C#

I would add SQL to this list, especially Oracle-based. Seems that I either do quite a bit of SQL, or people seem to want to hire me for doing SQL, and I don't even consider myself a database person, go figure....

DanceMan

 

[fierydemise]

C++

 

[Astray]

SQL is what I'm currently working on.

 

[Nothinman]

I don't want to spend time learning a language that will die out or get replaced within the next couple years.

Most languages that have ever been implemented are still around and usable, it's just the popularity that comes and goes. Personally since most of my programming work is autmation of sysadmin tasks I love perl and bash. If you want web stuff look at PHP or Ruby. And Perl would work for that too if you want to look at mod_perl.

Hell if you just want to use CGI you can use whatever language you want, I've seen cgi code done in C, it's not pretty but it works.

 

[notfred]

HTMl, XHTML, DHTML, XML <--- none those are programming languages. DHTML isn't even a language at all, it's a marketing buzzword.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

C/C++ will be around for a while simply due to their popularity in embedded systems. not to mention that anything military is C/C++ or Ada. java is starting to get into military apps, but not for control systems.

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: notfred
HTMl, XHTML, DHTML, XML <--- none those are programming languages. DHTML isn't even a language at all, it's a marketing buzzword.

Indeed. All of those *MLs are just that, markup languages. They're data formats, and have nothing to do with programming.

As for learning languages, it doesn't matter what you use. Learn basic concepts and you can use them in any language. The syntax changes, but the ideas stay the same. A loop is a loop no matter what language it's in.

 

[daniel1113]

I would start with C++ to learn the concepts of programming, which are, for the most part, universal to all languages. Then, I would take up VB, as I think it is perhaps the most useful language for the casual programmer.