Thread: new language

there are new languages popping up constantly. most are ignored. but you want to know which will be popular? I don't suspect anyone here can tell you that for certain. C# with .NET seems to have the largest glimmer although it is suspect. C++ should keep you happy for now.

I saw some language called RUBY or something like that is a mix of JAVA, C++, and some others and they were comparing it to C# and how much better it was to it.


Here, I found something about it: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/

>>Have you ever seen how ugly RUBY is? It reminds me of VB[shutters].

No, it's more like PERL or PHP or maybe Python although I haven't seen python code - Web programmers should be able to jump right into RUBY.

I'm afraid nobody can tell you what the next big language will be. The future is notorious for being difficult to predict.

>or maybe Python although I haven't seen python code
Here's a quickie:

Code:

# A very simple GUI test of Python

# Get GUI stuff
from Tkinter import *

# Create a class for displaying widgets
class App:
  def __init__ ( self ):
    self.root = Tk()
    self.root.minsize ( 500, 300 )

    button = Button ( self.root, text = 'Click Me!', command = self.act )
    button.grid ( row = 0, column = 0 )

  def act ( self ):
    label = Label ( self.root, text = 'Woohoo!', font = 'bold' )
    label.grid ( columnspan = 2 )

# Instance the class
myapp = App()

# Run!
mainloop()

-Prelude

>How many more do I need to learn ??? Or is it better that I try to master one (or two ??)
It's good to be competent using at least two languages if you want to program professionally, but your goal should be to master as many as possible.

-Prelude

Start coding in C++ and forget the rest - when you're proficient at C++ learning and moving over to other languages will be trivial since it's more or less of the same thing with different syntax.

I personally would recommend proficiency in at least one scripting language and one object-oriented programming language, that gives you the best of all worlds. I personally lean toward C++ as my OO language (although I really like Java and am learning more about it) and Perl as my scripting language (I have used Python only a little but it seems to me to be less well-established -- CPAN is your friend)

OneStiffRod has a point though in that really once you have mastered one it makes it really easy to learn more; aside from OO-vs-procedural issues, the concepts are really the same, its just the syntax that changes.