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I think it still would be Python. Can't think of any language that has leap-frogged the Python that Paul Graham described back 11 years ago.
by CyberFonic 12y ago
I think it still would be Python. Can't think of any language that has leap-frogged the Python that Paul Graham described back 11 years ago.
- dottrap 12y agoFrom how I interpret the linked article, it's not about language features, but the willingness of people to embrace/challenge better ideas that might not be mainstream. And people don't learn Python because it will get them a job; they learn it because they genuinely like to program and aren't satisfied with the languages they already know. I might suggest Haskell (re-emergent of pure functional, but statically typed) and Go (improved type system but without resorting to language lawyering and re-emergence of coroutines (besides Lua)).
- spacemanmatt 12y agoThat pretty much covers why I elected to pick up Go and Clojure lately. I actually love programming, and my old tools were feeling rusty.
- wodenokoto 12y ago> And people don't learn Python because it will get them a > job; they learn it because they genuinely like to program > and aren't satisfied with the languages they already know. Today people very much learn Python to get a job. It is listed as the top language for machine learning / data science (or at least top 5, depending on who you ask) and that is a very hot field job wise currently.