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Ask HN: What 5 languages would you teach someone new to CS?

4 points by kenning 10y ago

Curious what 5 languages or technologies (hadoop?) you would tell someone relatively new to CS to learn. The goal would be to give them the ability to do many things in an easy and modern way, or alternatively, to have access to lots of job possibilities.

espeed 10y ago
Python, Go, Clojure/Java, ClojureScript/JavaScript, C
pixpop 10y ago
1. One of scheme / common lisp / clojure 2. One of C++ / Java 3. Javascript 4. One of Python / Perl 5. Bash
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elviejo 10y ago
for CS I would go with different paradigms: ruby, haskell, erlang, go, prolog for job opportunities, I would go by popularity: JavaScript, python, ruby, C#, php
- ChristianGeek 10y ago
  C#, Scala, JavaScript, Python, SQL.
CyberFonic 10y ago
Easy programming: Python Expanding the understanding of CS: Scheme in conjunction with SICP Access to the most jobs: Java, JavaScript, PHP, C#, C++