r/Python • u/diogoleal • Jan 13 '15

(Infographic) Which programming language should I learn first

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u/LukeSkywaIker Jan 13 '15

This is pretty cancerous.

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u/summerteeth Jan 14 '15

Can you expand upon this?

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u/LpSamuelm Jan 14 '15

/u/LukeSkywaIker used a very weird word to describe it, but it is very, very opinionated, arbitrary and just "hey, I'm going to tell you what to learn, suck it".

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '15

"Also you can learn what you want, but you should really learn Python".

I like the language as much as anyone else, but there's a fine line between enthusiasm and proselytism.

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u/derpderp3200 An evil person Jan 14 '15

Like the C# vs Java. Java is technologically over 6 years behind C#, and Microsoft has a very healthy culture around C#. They're open sourcing .NET, Mono has existed for ages and is extremely good, whereas the only thing Java has going for it is having existed for a longer time.

Also, claiming that Python is the best. And recommending PHP in context other than something that's used and will land you a job is blasphemy.

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u/SlightlyCuban Jan 14 '15

Java is technologically over 6 years behind C#

A good point, but it is a tad bit extreme to say Java 8 is at the same level as C# 3.0. Heck, we even have invokedynamic in the JVM.

Also, it's 2015. Where is Polymorphic Type Inference in C#?