Originally posted by Henry Wong:
How about Macromedia Flash (ie. ActionScript)? From the little that I have seen, it looks somewhat like Java. And it definitely blows Applets out of the water.
Henry
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Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:
Actually, I would like something as far from Java as possible, if possible, realizing all languages have overlap.![]()
Originally posted by Henry Wong:
I know there is a chance that you won't consider this suggestion as a language either -- but going to a language "as far from Java as possible", while at the same time, staying very pragmatic....
How about SQL? And the tools are cheap too. MySQL and other databases have free versions. You can even get a full blown enterprise copy (albeit developers only) of SQL Server 2005 for $50.
Henry
Originally posted by Paul Clapham:
Everything you listed (except SQL, and no doubt you know HTML) is a procedural language. So why not try a functional language -- like XSLT for example?
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Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
Why has Ruby not yet been mentioned?
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Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
Ruby the language has a novel sort of intuitiveness about it that's hard to explain, but easy to experience. Read an introductory chapter or two about Ruby, and then try to write some code. You'll find that most things you try will work -- moreso than with other languages. It's not really due to similarity with other languages, either -- it's just that it has a nice self-consistency that's missing, IMHO, from other languages in the same space (like the 3 P's.) Once you understand part of it, you'll be able to guess the rest of it.
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Originally posted by Jeroen T Wenting:
For historical completeness you should learn Fortran, Cobol, or PL/1.
Fortran is still important in scientific computing, and Cobol and PL/1 are in heavy use in mainframe systems.
Originally posted by John Meyers:
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Originally posted by Jeanne Boyarsky:
I'll throw Lisp into the ring. It's definitely a different way of thinking than a procedural/OO language.
Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:
Learned both in college, don't remember poop about either one. I think I'd like to keep it that way for now. But thanks.![]()
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Originally posted by Amitabha Batranab:
How about japanese or chinese its going to be in big time demand soon(The latter)![]()
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