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!!!

  • ericjmorey
    1·
    11 months ago

    Coming from JavaScript, they may enjoy using ReScript instead of Ocaml.

    • matcha_addict@lemy.lol
      2·
      11 months ago

      I tried to give OP languages that would be reasonably different from what they know already, so that its more fun (imo).

      However I didn’t know of ReScript, so I gotta check it out.