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!!!

  • anti-idpol action@programming.dev
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    8 个月前

    syntax is pretty neat but if OP wants something with similar syntax that performs better instead of type checking unit tests alone taking more time to complete than compiling a C++ AAA game, then Elixir might be a better choice. Also it’s functional approach could really provide a fun challenge. I mean, you can even see that by comparing the performance and resource consumption of akkoma/pleroma vs mastodon. Above 10k users or so you have to either scale your instance horizontally or shut it down.