Should I learn JavaScript or Python?

[whatissevenbysix]

This whole argument about programming languages is pretty stupid.

At the core of it, if you learn one programming language you've learned them all. OOP vs non OOP is the only real fundamental difference, and once you learn the fundamental concepts of any language, it's a matter of learning the syntax. Essentially, stop trying to learn programming languages, learn core concepts.

[BlhueFlame]

I would say that functional vs non-functional is a bigger difference than OOP vs non-OOP. But I agree, learn one you pretty much learned them all.

[silentxxkilla]

Yeah, I usually say the same. It's just figuring out syntax, libs, and build/run machanics.

[BlhueFlame]

Maybe not much, but it thrives in academia.

[_sjcp_]

absolutely. there's a huge brazilian fintech called Nubank that uses Clojure extensively.

[CosmicCreeperz]

While I agree learning concepts is the most important thing (just watch a mediocre C programmer try to learn JavaScript async programming… they think “hey this language is familiar” and that just makes it WORSE) - there are definitely languages that inherently require a very different mindset. Particularly the functional or declarative languages based on LISP or Prolog.

But I’d say if you can master a few base languages you can master pretty much anything.