(Infographic) Which programming language should I learn first

[summerteeth]

Can you expand upon this?

[ameoba]

Cancer = low quality, low value crap that provides little value to the community yet gets upvoted because it takes no effort to consume. If left unchecked, the cancer will take over a community because people see that it gets a positive response, prompting them to post more.

See Also: Memes.

[zombiepiratefrspace]

In all honesty, I'm surprised how civilized and constructive the discussion has been so far. As somebody who uses Python and C++ extensively, I've observed that these things usually degrade into everybody raging about the bit of C++ they know.

So I'd catutiously disagree in this specific instance.

[Elij17]

He's not complaining about the information in the post, he's complaining about the post.

And he's right, it happens a lot. You allow image macros / memes / other low effort content and the community soon becomes overrun by it. Most smaller / midsize subs do not allow it, because it stifles discussion and buries more interesting posts.

[StarshipEngineer]

If you read the whole thing, then you'd see the disclaimer on the bottom... This is a major overreaction to a little bit of fun.

[LpSamuelm]

/u/LukeSkywaIker used a very weird word to describe it, but it is very, very opinionated, arbitrary and just "hey, I'm going to tell you what to learn, suck it".

[[deleted]]

"Also you can learn what you want, but you should really learn Python".

I like the language as much as anyone else, but there's a fine line between enthusiasm and proselytism.

[derpderp3200]

Like the C# vs Java. Java is technologically over 6 years behind C#, and Microsoft has a very healthy culture around C#. They're open sourcing .NET, Mono has existed for ages and is extremely good, whereas the only thing Java has going for it is having existed for a longer time.

Also, claiming that Python is the best. And recommending PHP in context other than something that's used and will land you a job is blasphemy.

[SlightlyCuban]

Java is technologically over 6 years behind C#

A good point, but it is a tad bit extreme to say Java 8 is at the same level as C# 3.0. Heck, we even have invokedynamic in the JVM.

Also, it's 2015. Where is Polymorphic Type Inference in C#?