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If I were some alien coming to Earth and asked myself what language to learn, I'd start with English, not Latin. English seems like a pretty obvious start when trying to communicate the earthling's way. Then, once I've mastered English, I'd drill a bit and find out about its roots and cousins: French, German, Latin, ancient Greek, etc. Then I would learn Chinese.

So my first question would be: What's English equivalent in programming languages? PHP? Java? C? Then, because programming languages have entered in a very fast paced evolution period recently, with new languages popping out every given month, what programming language the most prominent programmer elites are using right now? Go? Any other C variant? JS? Ruby? Etc.?