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Easiest Programming Languages to Learn – 17 Easy Coding Languages

5 points by cheeseyboi 7y ago

urs 7y ago
C++ over Elixir cracks me up. I feel like no matter how hard you try, no one really “””knows””” C++ (given library vastness and all that).
- NOGDP 7y ago
  C++ over Go, Scala over Clojure? C and C++ are of the same complexity?
- anaphor 7y ago
  Probably the only person who really knows C++ is Scott Meyers
- sys_64738 7y ago
  C and C++ have the same learning curve. Is this really true?
  - Turing_Machine 7y ago
    I don't think so. Let's put it this way: K&R is 272 pages and covers essentially all of C. Stroustrup's The C++ Programming Language is 1376 pages, and doesn't even begin to cover all the complexities and nuances of modern C++.
madhadron 7y ago
This ended up high up on the front page of Hacker News. I am interested to know why. For those upvoting it, what did you find valuable in it?
- grzm 7y ago
  All stories start out on the front page: most don’t stay there. This is relatively new (less than an hour old) during a period of relatively low activity. The fact that it may still be on the front page says more about current activity on HN than anything particular about this submission.
  - madhadron 7y ago
    Thank you, that's clarifying.
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    Do they? I think most stories don't make it past new unless they get a handful of upvotes.
chkaloon 7y ago
CSS? Are you kidding?
shakehar 7y ago
This is just clickbait to drive traffic to this site. OP is definitely affliated to career karma . com Their history consists of 5 posts 4 of which are from this same site.
- cheeseyboi 7y ago
  Hi. Yes, I am affiliated with Career Karma. As far as I can see in the posting guidelines, I am not prohibited from posting links to content that I am affiliated with. Clickbait? Maybe—if by clickbait you mean something I think people might like to click if they are interested in the topic. I admit, I am new to Hacker News, and if I have violated any guidelines, it was not my intent. I was proud of the work our team did on this post, so I decided to share it—much like the other links I’ve posted in the past. Again, I honestly want to know if I have violated any rules, and if so, I will absolutely refrain from doing so in the future. I’m sorry this one link was so offensive to some.
  - gus_massa 7y ago
    How did you create the list? It looks more like a list of popular languages than easy to learn languages
seba_dos1 7y ago
Definitely the easiest to learn is Brainfuck - and some of the languages pretty high on this list take a lifetime to actually learn. Someone clearly doesn't have much idea on what they're writing about.

5 points by cheeseyboi 7y ago

urs 7y ago

C++ over Elixir cracks me up. I feel like no matter how hard you try, no one really “””knows””” C++ (given library vastness and all that).

NOGDP 7y ago
C++ over Go, Scala over Clojure? C and C++ are of the same complexity?
anaphor 7y ago
Probably the only person who really knows C++ is Scott Meyers
sys_64738 7y ago
C and C++ have the same learning curve. Is this really true?
- Turing_Machine 7y ago
  I don't think so. Let's put it this way: K&R is 272 pages and covers essentially all of C. Stroustrup's The C++ Programming Language is 1376 pages, and doesn't even begin to cover all the complexities and nuances of modern C++.

madhadron 7y ago

This ended up high up on the front page of Hacker News. I am interested to know why. For those upvoting it, what did you find valuable in it?

grzm 7y ago
All stories start out on the front page: most don’t stay there. This is relatively new (less than an hour old) during a period of relatively low activity. The fact that it may still be on the front page says more about current activity on HN than anything particular about this submission.
- madhadron 7y ago
  Thank you, that's clarifying.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  Do they? I think most stories don't make it past new unless they get a handful of upvotes.

chkaloon 7y ago

CSS? Are you kidding?

shakehar 7y ago

This is just clickbait to drive traffic to this site. OP is definitely affliated to career karma . com Their history consists of 5 posts 4 of which are from this same site.

cheeseyboi 7y ago
Hi. Yes, I am affiliated with Career Karma. As far as I can see in the posting guidelines, I am not prohibited from posting links to content that I am affiliated with. Clickbait? Maybe—if by clickbait you mean something I think people might like to click if they are interested in the topic. I admit, I am new to Hacker News, and if I have violated any guidelines, it was not my intent. I was proud of the work our team did on this post, so I decided to share it—much like the other links I’ve posted in the past. Again, I honestly want to know if I have violated any rules, and if so, I will absolutely refrain from doing so in the future. I’m sorry this one link was so offensive to some.
- gus_massa 7y ago
  How did you create the list? It looks more like a list of popular languages than easy to learn languages

seba_dos1 7y ago

Definitely the easiest to learn is Brainfuck - and some of the languages pretty high on this list take a lifetime to actually learn. Someone clearly doesn't have much idea on what they're writing about.