Ask HN: What practical modern programming languages should I try to pick up?

2 points by fhood 10y ago ↗ HN

I know this is a boring question, but I am ready to add another language to the resume and would like to know what people think are the most practical and interesting of the up and coming programming languages.

I don't have any requirements other than that it be a language that you feel is swiftly approaching broader acceptance in the software community. Also Go, Rust, and Scala are already on my short list, but I would love to hear which of them people think I should start with. I am not super interested in javascript or anything built on it but am open to having my mind changed.

Thanks for humoring me.

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PaulHoule 10y ago ↗

Clojure?

fhood 10y ago ↗

You make a good point, which is that I really should get around to learning lisp, as the only functional language I am fluent in is Ocaml. Anyway what stands out about Clojure to you?

practical and fun; based on rock solid jvm; has access to Java ecosystem so you don't need to rewrite the whole "standard library"

thanks added to my list.

airless_bar 10y ago ↗

Scala! Great language, huge ecosystem, good tooling, many platforms supported.