| > I think it is impossible to make a list of programming languages that are worth learning "Worth learning" is a subjective phrase, so it'll naturally be different for everyone. My list above was to give a list of languages that would cover as much of the spectrum as possible. > would you also make such a list for normal languages? English, Arabic and Chinese? No, for starters because I'm terrible with spoken languages and rather ignorant. But to make it a better comparison, I would say "learn one romance language" (or maybe just latin), or "learn one language written right-to-left". If you were taking a painting class, it would be reasonable for the teacher to select some techniques to teach over others, or to showcase some select master painters to try and cover as much ground as possible in the course. The idea being that you have a finite amount of time. Do you want to spend it getting a wealth of very similar experiences, or a broad appreciation. Using your python vs ruby example: I think the more you learn, the smaller the differences between python and ruby are. There may be a profound difference on the experience of using either based on the users preferences and choices the languages made. But from a conceptual point of view, they're very close to each other. |
That's a language any person can learn :p