rubing Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Hey all I have an interesting question, so figured I would post it here. I feel I would benefit from learning a new language, either C or javascript. There are a number of practical reasons for these choices: In javascript there's a bunch of Ajaxy and UI stuff I'd like to do to improve my site and web apps. C would help me customize my server. it'd help me compile and set things up. I could start using the firebird db and write my own functions for it. Given my php background, which language would you reccomend learning next. My hunch is that php is based off of C, so that might be easier? I also like the idea of being able to hack the guts of php. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/142300-what-language-should-i-learn-next/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 You could try something entirely different and then learn Lisp. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/142300-what-language-should-i-learn-next/#findComment-745596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Go for JS My reasoning is this: You will have to learn quite a lot of C to start doing things you mentioned. Knowing PHP and little C but no or little JS, gives you no real advantage. On the other hand, JavaScript is much easier to learn to the level, where you can use Ajax or JS Frameworks effectively. Knowing PHP and JS you can develop good quality sites, while learning C in the meantime. As of PHP being similar to C... they're about as similar as JS and C, or JS and PHP [add] Oh yes. Lisp never gets old. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/142300-what-language-should-i-learn-next/#findComment-745598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubing Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 I wasn't even contemplating LISP, since i've always been told its purely academic. However, out of curiousity I just did a search and read this. http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/introduction-why-lisp.html makes it look real tempting Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/142300-what-language-should-i-learn-next/#findComment-745610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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