QOTD - Your next language?

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Socoder -> Question of the Day -> QOTD - Your next language?
Mon, 04 Jun 2007, 23:27
JL235	I've just started learning Haskell, which so far is pretty amazing. Everything is a function, you cannot change a variable once it's defined, and the syntax is pretty different. I'm learning this as the other Computing Students have learnt it, so next year they will presume we all know it (so I need to learn it). This got me wondering, what are other people's next language to learn? What langauge would you most like to learn? And to help pad out the space, what language do you definitely not want to learn? Finally, why? One of the main reasons I chose to learn Ruby was because it was so different to Blitz. Is this a reason others think of? Or are you purely looking at available support and libraries? What else helps to govern your reasons for picking said language. Discuss...
Tue, 05 Jun 2007, 01:50
Jayenkai	I've said it before, but when I do finally feel the need to move on, I think I'll only be shifting for extra 2D Capabilities.. So, that's probably Cobra. If not Cobra then BlitzMax, but based on Demo time I seem to recall Cobra being ever so slightly more productive. (Having said that, though, I was aiming to learn it and code a Workshop entry at the same time! So perhaps that's slightly biased.) -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 05 Jun 2007, 02:35
spinal	I keep meaning to learn BASIC...
Tue, 05 Jun 2007, 07:03
caffeinekid	I jumped ship from B3D a couple of years ago now, so if that still counts as my next language then it was (and is) BlitzMax which is really fun and easy once you get into it and get used to the OOP. It's the change in types and using methods that make it take a while to get used to it, but once you do it is a lot more versatile than the B3D version. Happy days - just a shame my coding mojo seems to be dead most of the time. -=-=- www.tcksoft.co.uk www.retroremakes.com
Tue, 05 Jun 2007, 07:28
garand	Right now im working on C# for my job and also ASP.NET and a bunch .NET stuff. I keep wanting to learn DirectX and C++ though. And I'm waiting for Jay to write his article on DS Programming so that I can start that also.
Tue, 05 Jun 2007, 07:31
Jayenkai	Yeah, right, like I've not got enough to do!! I should probably do that, eh!? -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 05 Jun 2007, 07:52
HoboBen	I keep meaning to learn an AI language like Prolog because it is something completely different to anything I've used before. There is not any language that I don't really want to do as such (except maybe Brainfuck and Malebolge, which I don't want to try ), but I don't want to do parts of languages, for example like Visual Basic and Visual C++ - anything visual, or that generates visual GUI code. Except HTML, where that's basically handled for you, and perhaps the odd game menu in Cobra now. The only time GUI programming was any good was when I used Delphi once, and it made more sense. -=-=- blog \| work \| code \| more code
Tue, 05 Jun 2007, 12:01
JL235	You are right HoboBen, GUI makers usually add extra code and don't make GUI's as good as if you programmed them yourself. It's also important to know how to build one. But Visual Studio is really good at making GUI's for you. Far better then most. You should take a look at Java and Swing. Swing is amazing and very easy to use. Although you end up writing a lot of code to do anything.
Tue, 05 Jun 2007, 13:49
shroom_monk	For me, it'll probably PIC-BASIC for PIC microcontrollers, cos I'm hoping to get my hands on a PIC-programmer kit soon. Then probably AJAX, cos it sounds interesting, and if/when Cobra 3D comes out, I might take a peek into that. -=-=- A mushroom a day keeps the doctor away... Keep It Simple, Shroom!
Tue, 05 Jun 2007, 16:49
f4ktor	So far waiting for XNA Game Studio to be available for VB.net and then relearning that.
Tue, 05 Jun 2007, 18:23
power mousey	well...the race is on the Wasteland Warrior matthew with Nuclear Basic and squeakyduck Graham with his Cobra 3d. one or the other....perhaps both. also and especially the XGS II/XGS 6502 But knowing Andre Lamothe changes his mind and designs a lot...who knows? and we will see. Hopefully, it won't be like the Hydra nor the first XGS. I hope it stays more of a cubic game console and home computer combo. True!! \|edit\| As Puss n Boots says in Shrek the Third: "gotta go!" And to work. \|edit\|
Wed, 06 Jun 2007, 00:29
hyruleknight	i am going to try out C# and .NET for application making this summer for my games i am sticking to C++ and openGL/win32 because it will be better for older machines -=-=- i like green haired girls...
Thu, 07 Jun 2007, 15:41
HoboBen	Oh cheers Diablo. I'm looking at the Wikipedia entry on Java and Swing. I might take a quick look to learn a little from it. GUIs really don't thrill me to be honest, so I probably won't do much more than have a quick play around. But, it does look quite different to anything else I've looked at so far, so I might have more fun with it. Thanks -=-=- blog \| work \| code \| more code
Thu, 07 Jun 2007, 16:42
mike_g	I had a look at swing before and it looks good. I plan on having a play around with it. But I have to get around to starting Java first.
Sun, 10 Jun 2007, 09:12
Blitz3Dman	I'm trying to learn C++, I don't want to learn Brainf--- it looks confusing -=-=- There are 10 kinds of people in this world - ( Insert 16 remarks about to what extent people know hex here )