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Advanced programming languages (2009)
Students often ask for a recommendation on what language they should learn next. If you're looking for a job in industry, my reply is to learn whatever is hot right now: C++, Java and C#--and probably Python, Ruby, PHP and Perl too.
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On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2016 | Advanced programming languages (2009) by ZeljkoS | 219 | 202 |
| May 5, 2020 | Advanced Programming Languages (2009) by lelf | 151 | 133 |
| May 24, 2010 | Advanced programming languages by Rickasaurus | 131 | 81 |
| Jan 9, 2012 | Advanced programming languages by gnosis | 125 | 74 |
| Mar 6, 2022 | Advanced Programming Languages (2009) by graderjs | 117 | 98 |
| Apr 12, 2011 | Advanced programming languages by fogus | 100 | 40 |
| Dec 14, 2014 | Advanced programming languages (2009) by swah | 91 | 39 |
| Dec 13, 2009 | Advanced programming languages (Haskell, Scala, SML, OCaml, Scheme) by gnosis | 52 | 44 |
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