I’ve been working with a Javascript (+ TypeScript) + Java + SQL stack for the last 10 years.

For 2024 I’d like to learn a new programming language, just for fun. I don’t have any particular goals in mind, I just want to learn something new. If I can use it later professionally that’d be cool, but if not that’s okay too.

Requirements:

  • Runs on linux
  • Not interested in languages created by Google or Apple
  • No “joke languages”, please

Thank you very much!

EDIT: I ended up ordering the paperback version of the Rust book. Maybe one day I’ll contribute to the Lemmy code base or something :P Thank you all for the replies!!!

    • Ephera
      9•11 months ago

      Well, yeah, because doing things with hardware is just always unsafe in that sense, no matter if you’re implementing it in Rust or C or Assembly. As long as you know what you’re doing (and the hardware manufacturer did, too), it’s not actually unsafe.

      Rust just decided to isolate the code parts where you need to be extra smart like that, whereas in C or Assembly, you might need to be extra smart throughout the entire code base.
      Obviously, no sane C programmer would just randomly start scrubbing memory addresses in UI code, but it’s still just helpful to have the naughty code clearly indicated.