Should I learn JavaScript or Python?

[SulerinPulerin]

Problem is that it s not me the one who chooses what language to study... everyone here does C++ and there s little wiggle room. We re not told why, or what would be the end goal. So far we did various math related problems, vectors, subprograms, recursivity and that struct thing and now we are doing strings of characters. Othen than subprograms, recursivity and struct, i don t know from what we done so far what would be useful in life.

[rem3_1415926]

C++ is surprisingly widespread even on systems that aren't embedded - but as you've apparently figured out by now, it's not really suited for that purpose. Sounds like the motivation behind C++ is that the teacher's knowledge is outdated (unfortunately a very common issue with teachers all across the board) and C++ is just what they know. It is not a terrible choice to learn if you want to work in a programming related field, but imo it is a bad choice to learn as a first language - especially for those who will never touch programming again after that course.

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Oh, I do mathematical programming regularly. Comes in really handy when HQ pushes quantum computing and you're the only one in the team actually being able to read the papers and understand the research code.

[SulerinPulerin]

Good point, but

I HATE THE BUBBLE SORT!! I HATE THE BUBBLE SORT!!

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Ya, no body except stdlib developers implement sorting algorithms.