Just a kid with a computer here. I am familiar and have reached a reasonable level of fluency with javascript and python, with typescript being a somewhat satisfying switch I made.
It’s been 4 years, I haven’t touched another language. I wanna study something future proof and genuinely helpful. The reason I never went beyond js and py was because I already had everything I needed, I could make anything I wanted. I really want to dip my toes in the strong programming waters.
Can you suggest a language?
C if you want to do low-level programming. Clojure if you want to do high-level programming.
Is C not reaching obsoletion? I haven’t heard a lot about it being used anywhere. I’ve only heard of clojure before, I’ll look at that!
New C standards are still being published every couple years, it’s actively maintained with new features. If you’re interested in robotics, avionics, or really low power applications you’ll find lots of C jobs.
Those neat little python libraries that makes it go really fast is written in C. It’s a neat little trick to have up your sleeve if you want to take your python profencie to the next level.
Linux is written in C. Many native extensions are written in C. If you are able to program in Clojure and use Java native interface and C to write performance critical code, you are covered on all ends.