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guidance for a disillusioned CS major

Name: Anonymous 2010-10-29 15:02

Hello, /prog/.  My university's CS curriculum, in terms of languages, consists of Java and C++.  I have a copy of SICP and I'm working my way through it.  Is there a market for anything other than curly-bracket languages these days, or will I never be able to (define myownpath) in anything other than writing Free Software in my spare time?

Name: Anonymous 2010-10-29 15:27

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Learn Lisp, Scheme in particular, in order to achieve Satori of programming. Then learn Python which is like Scheme only fagged up with statements and shitty syntax, but comes with a great object system that's actually useful and a huge, useful library, so you can get your shit done (algorithms, abstract bullshite, tools to sort out your porn collection, free software, etc.) with it. You can even get jobs with it. And it's the closest to Lisp you can use IRL, i.e. the best thing you can use IRL.

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