For those who ask: "What programming language should I learn?"

[pbuk]

If the argument is "C++ is not the best starting point", why not argue that? Don't try to pick the optimum alternative for every case.

Agreed.

My advice to "what language should I learn" has consistently been "it is more important that you learn to program than what the language you first learn"

Agreed.

 

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As it happens I might refer to JavaScript as my "favourite" language, in the sense that it is the one I most enjoy working in*. It also has one significant advantage: almost anyone that has a web browser already has a JavaScript compiler.

However with today's easy access to beginner-friendly IDEs and online compilers for other languages this is less of an advantage than it used to be, and besides this is PhysicsForums and Python is much better than JS for physics (or any other computational science).

* However I usually force myself to use TypeScript which avoids the problem in the picture.

 

[DaveC426913]

I can't say this is the wittiest or funniest toon, but man is it on the nose when it comes to my dev career and its ultimate demise.