From: Carsten Eckelmann <careck@...42.com>
Date: 2004-01-21T09:27:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Proposal for programming language of the year

Volkmann, Mark wrote:

>I think one of the main points of learning a new language each year is that
>it should differ in some significant way from the languages you already
>know.  Having a syntax that resembles Ruby may disqualify Scala.
>  
>
IMHO it doesn't even have to be a 'new' language. There are some 'old' 
languages out there that are worth
being looked at (again?).

Here are some suggestions from my wishlist:

- Smalltalk (using the Squeak environment)
- Forth
- Prolog
- Scheme

I guess it also depends on what you eventually want to do with that 
language, from my first impression of Forth for
instance I couldn't think of ever writing a web-application in it. But 
it is nice for learning a whole different concept
of programming.

My 2 cents,

Carsten.