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That SO survey got me wondering what programming language the folks here would be personally interested in learning (and I mean, becoming proficient in) if you had the time & inclination?
This is actually a difficult question for me, because any time I have to work with something else (most notably Python at the moment) I end up missing all the snazzy features of C#.
That said, personally I'd like to explore the functional programming / parallel computing space some more, so F#, Rust and Erlang come mind.
Go falls under the category of a curiosity, I'm not sure what practical use I have for it, and I suppose there's always more bad practices to learn and hair pulling experiences to have with regards to Javascript.
Your turn!
Marc
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Rust & Swift & Julia
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOzRust & Swift & Julia
Exactly and precisely the same, except no Julia.
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOzRust & Swift & Julia
I forgot about Swift. I might add Scala to my list too, and was thinking about Julia.
Marc
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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I'm just trying to get by till I can retire with as little learning effort as possible. But seeing that that time is 15 years away, it's not that as easy as I could wish for... 
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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I am currently learning and using C#. As I expect to work until I drop dead over the keyboard, I am hoping that it will stay current until I do. At age 68 I am among the .08% of programmers in my age category. And YES there is AGE discrimination in our industry.
I am converting my program from VB6 to C# not for myself but for my loyal customers that have been with me since 1984 .....
AGE, Experience, and low cunning will overcome youth every time...
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At 62 I am in your age category and expect to need the keyboard pried from my cold, dead, hands.
I worked in assembly language for 15 years, made my way to C, then to Cold Fusion, and now VB.Net and C#. There is most certainly age discrimination in our industry. My method of dealing with it involves selling my value as an experienced developer, while carefully manicuring and massaging the number of years I have been writing software.
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Due to
Marc Clifton wrote: becoming proficient in
probably none for me because adding another language may result in loosing practice of my "main" languages.
If I had to choose one it will be probably C# because I have only basic knowledge so far.
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Jochen Arndt wrote: loosing
Before you get jumped on by native-speaking grammar nazis, it's "losing".
English pronunciation is unsurpassable!*[^]
* What it's unsurpassable at is for you to decide
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But not screwed?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I'm sober but screwed up.
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Nailed it!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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C#. I know it but I'm not that proficient with it as I develop mainly in C/C++ with a side of (ugh!) VB6.
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C++
I would love to have the time to learn and grok C++.
Edit: in all it's many flavors and colors.
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As one of the working (i.e. not yet retired) stiffs, I don't really have time to learn languages that I'm not likely to use.
Having said that, I have learnt Python, am learning the additions to C++ (C++14, and the proposals for C++17), and trying to come up to speed on the latest changes to C#.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: and trying to come up to speed on the latest changes to C#.
VS2017 just auto-completed a property getter with a lambda "throw not implemented" expression, to which my response was, WTF is that? Discovered it's a C# 6.0 feature that I didn't know about. 
Marc
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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How about something totally different, like putting graphics hardware to good use?
If you really want to have graphics, then HLSL (High Level Shader Language) is the way to go, but if you want to use the GPU for real number crunching, you might need something that's a little more general and less geared towards graphics.
What kind of number crunching? How about AI? Neural networks needs a few (matrix) calculations and GPUs are very good at that.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
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CDP1802 wrote: like putting graphics hardware to good use?
Yes indeed!
Marc
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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It is interesting how your 'passion' can affect the language of choice.
Currently, I am working with OSISoft technologies and, because of that, don't actually do a lot of 'programming' per se; I do a lot of equation configuration using functions within the applications and that can test my reasoning ability at times.
Having said that, I do most of my programming with the application in VB.NET. Why VB.NET? Familiarity.
Given time, I'd like to learn C# and start writing my code in there, but.. I write so little code it isn't time effective to really learn the language.
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R probably... although that might be more about the types of problems I'd use it for than the language itself.
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I want to learn C# (I know a very limited subset of it, but not fluent for real work) and Swift.
After that, all the web oriented languages (javascript and all related .JS stuff).
I'd rather be phishing!
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Been hearing good things about Go and Clojure 
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I want to learn how on earth other devs have learnt to be productive when working with JavaScript & CSS or WCF configuration files
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