[guiomie]

I'm a C# guy at work, I also do some front-end in javascript (with angularjs sometimes). For side-projects I like to use node.js. I want to learn another language, and I've been wondering wether I should go with Clojure or C++ ? My dilenma is "Do I want to learn more about programming style running on VMs (functional) or do I want to dive into barebone high performance code ?"

I've done C and Java at university, but that was a while ago.

Anyone has a comment?

[platz]

I'm a C# guy at work too. I can't say I've touched much C++ outside of college also a while ago, but I've been studying functional programming for a while and really enjoying the new concepts it teaches. It can be a bit humbling at times though.

I got some good perspective with https://www.coursera.org/course/proglang and you could do worse than taking grossman's excellent course. It helps to have some structure and a schedule when starting imho.

I will admit at times I wish I had more chops (closer to the metal i.e. C or C++), but I think I was eventually just more interested in new ways to think about programming, and I'm not sure I'd get the same pleasure out of digging back into C++.

Obviously, if you know something more about your intended use case (i.e. you want to program games), you can make a more informed decision.

[visarga]

For some reason the Programming Languages class is offline now.

[platz]

That sucks, sometimes the just let you watch all the videos even if the course isn't running. Wonder why different courses have different policies

[eronhp]

Did you take a look at F#?

[guiomie]

Yes, but I'd like to get off the CLR.