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>
> Fritz Meissner wrote:
> > In that case I'd be fascinated to hear what isn't a terrible language ?
>

Python.

I wouldn't say Java is terrible. It avoids many errors that are common in
C/C++ (where I started), but introduced other pitfalls - of which Heinz
mentioned some.

I wouldn't ever consider using .Net, and in my free time I (used to) dabble
in a bit of Python, which to my senses is just plain no-nonsense
straightforward done right. I have no interest in Perl anymore, and I
haven't looked at Ruby, which I think gained popularity on the back of Rails
rather than the language itself in it's own right.

IMO, if you know some C for low-level, fast native apps, Java for enterprise
apps, and Python for scripting - with obviously some intersection among
them, then you are pretty much sorted to tackle any programming task without
needing to know any other language.

That said, I haven't looked at Lisp since 1992, but I don't see a need for
it other than stretching my mind - which is a good thing in it's own right
;)

Johan.

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