I’ve been working with a Javascript (+ TypeScript) + Java + SQL stack for the last 10 years.

For 2024 I’d like to learn a new programming language, just for fun. I don’t have any particular goals in mind, I just want to learn something new. If I can use it later professionally that’d be cool, but if not that’s okay too.

Requirements:

  • Runs on linux
  • Not interested in languages created by Google or Apple
  • No “joke languages”, please

Thank you very much!

EDIT: I ended up ordering the paperback version of the Rust book. Maybe one day I’ll contribute to the Lemmy code base or something :P Thank you all for the replies!!!

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I would suggest Nim, I had a blast learning it and making a small project. It is not a mainstream language, nor is it a joke language.

https://nim-lang.org/

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As the other person said, Python. Or if you want something lower level, how about Rust?

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Rust doesn’t even have to be lower level

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Alternatives

  • C#, because it’s good
  • Rust, because it’s different
  • a (purely) functional language, because it’s different
  • Nushell, nice shell, and great for scripted data processing
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Id suggest rust, gets you a step closer to the hardware and a bit of a different paradigm than Java while still feeling high level.

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Rust is definitely something I’ve been keeping an eye on. The syntax looks a bit scary, to be honest, but looks very versatile.

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Definitely rust, and definitely use rustrover from jetbrains for an IDE. It’s amazing

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I see you mentioned JS, but not TS. If you haven’t tried TypeScript, you 100% should! It helps a lot at scale.

Also, I really do recommend Rust. It’s pretty awesome having the errors actually make sense, and it’s not as complicated as the hype makes it out to be (until you get into async rust lol).

As others have mentioned, C# is also awesome.

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We do use TS as well, yes!

Rust is definitely a language I’m considering. Syntax looks a bit scary, though!

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Rust syntax is totally fine really. It often feels like writing python

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