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!!!
I know it's fashionable to shit on PHP but it's significantly better than it once was... it's honestly like a cleaner python that lets you use brackets.
Hey, I grew up on C++... you'd be amazed how comparatively safe PHP is by comparison. I don't disagree though, but I do appreciate having features like var-vars around for when I need them.
As a php dev who actually writes clean code while cleaning up after other people because Getting things done is more important: Don't give people the tools to write shitty code.
If it was your favorite language twenty years ago then you'll hate it now - it supports functional programming and cleaned up (nearly) all the awful cruft.