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Ask HN: What practical modern programming languages should I try to pick up?
I know this is a boring question, but I am ready to add another language to the resume and would like to know what people think are the most practical and interesting of the up and coming programming languages.
I don't have any requirements other than that it be a language that you feel is swiftly approaching broader acceptance in the software community. Also Go, Rust, and Scala are already on my short list, but I would love to hear which of them people think I should start with. I am not super interested in javascript or anything built on it but am open to having my mind changed.
Thanks for humoring me.
- PaulHoule 10y agoClojure?
- fhood 10y agoYou make a good point, which is that I really should get around to learning lisp, as the only functional language I am fluent in is Ocaml. Anyway what stands out about Clojure to you?
- airless_bar 10y agoScala! Great language, huge ecosystem, good tooling, many platforms supported.