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Pat Farrell wrote:Javascript? meh. I know, I know, its used everywhere. Its good for your professional career. But it is, IMHO, a really crappy language that was hacked out in a weekend and 15 years later we are stuck with it.
Bear Bibeault wrote:
Which means you don't know much about the language. Maybe it should be your next language.
Pat Farrell wrote:
I've even bought a really good book by a great writer named @bear
Reminds me too much of Perl. Obscure syntactical shortcuts that make the code too concise.
Bear Bibeault wrote:I'd also recommend some books on server-side JavaScript -- I'm not sure what the good ones are yet; that's an area I need to spend some time investigating. So much to learn!
Saurabh Pillai wrote:I think handheld devices are becoming more popular for day to day activities. Doesn't that mean, we should learn iOS, Android type of languages?
Bear Bibeault wrote:Manning has Node.js In action available via MEAP, but I'm not sure if it's any good or not yet. I have the MEAP, now I just need the time to read it!
Bear Bibeault wrote:Your feedback on the the Ninja book in that regard would be great. Chapters 3 through 7 are intended to give just that "next level" view of understanding the language.
William P O'Sullivan wrote:COBOL.
Not taught anymore. Current programmer base is dwindling due to natural causes, retirement etc.
Bear Bibeault wrote:I think you'd despise Scala.
Bear Bibeault wrote:Yeah, I'm exaggerating a bit, but Scala definitely seems like the sort of language you need to use daily to even begin to grok.
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Paul Anilprem wrote:Wonderng why no one mentioned Python. It seems to be in good demand in the job market these days (if that is your criteria to pick a language to learn).
Gregg Bolinger wrote: It also would be quite difficult for me to find a good project to base my learning on.
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Gregg Bolinger wrote:
Paul Anilprem wrote:Wonderng why no one mentioned Python. It seems to be in good demand in the job market these days (if that is your criteria to pick a language to learn).
Python is a great tool language. By that I mean it is good at doing grunt work elegantly. Beyond that, I'm not so sure it offers anything unique. It also would be quite difficult for me to find a good project to base my learning on.
Dennis Deems wrote:I spent a year working in Python, and I loathed every moment of it.
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chris webster wrote: why not Haskell - pure functional programming with lots of lovely brackets and no JVM. What's not to like?
Pat Farrell wrote:
Eh, real men use LISP
Bear Bibeault wrote:
Myth #1: JavaScript is related to Java
Pat Farrell wrote:
chris webster wrote: why not Haskell - pure functional programming with lots of lovely brackets and no JVM. What's not to like?
Eh, real men use LISP
No more Blub for me, thank you, Vicar.
Pat Farrell wrote:Just the brilliant folks at Netscape decided that LiveScript was not sexy enough...
Bear Bibeault wrote:I'll again assert that anyone who think JavaScript "stinks" hasn't really learned/studied the language. I used to think so too. That changed when I let go of three myths that seem to surround JavaScript:
Myth #1: JavaScript is related to Java Myth #2: JavaScript is an OO language Myth #3: The DOM API is part of JavaScript
Few people I know that have given JavaScript a fair shot think that it "stinks".
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