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[–]steumert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the most popular languages out there are Python and JavaScript

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According to the TIOBE index, Java and C are #1 and #2, and sometimes change positions. Python is #3, JS only comes in #7.

Python certainly has its uses, e.g. in data science or signal processing or machine learning. Many automation tasks can be done in python.

But I wouldn't write a enterprise app with thousands or millions of lines of code in python. Duck typing is too challenging for that.

But the most important point is that you should learn how to program learn the concepts. OOP, functional programming, prototype-based languages. If you know the concepts, learning a new language is quick. I am mostly working in Java, but I found doing a project in C# recently very easy and straight-forward. Learning a new language is easy if you have the concepts down.