From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-03-10T09:30:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Thinking of learning Ruby

On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 09:22:02AM +0900, anonimous wrote:
[snip]
> I am mostly interested in C, C++, Ruby, Python and Perl. What I would 
> like to know is which one would be better off in your opinion(s), 
> one of the things I concider important in a programming language is 
> weather or not its good enough to get me a job in programming. I 
> look forward to your reply(s) :-)

Well, in its strictest form your question is impossible to answer.  
Some of the best languages are the ones least likely to get you a job 
in programming. :-)

IMHO, the best language is Ruby.  I like C a lot too, but I use it 
mostly as a complement to Ruby.

The langauges that are most likely to give you a job are C++, Java and 
Perl.

Web programming is usually done in Java or Perl (depending on whether 
it's client side or server side respectively).  Application programming 
is done in C++.

Perhaps you should explain more clearly what you have in mind.

-- 
Daniel Carrera
Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Math Dept.
University of Maryland.  (301) 405-5137