Next language while in college?

[derrickd241]

I've been thinking lately, I'm in college taking my Intro to Python class and they have me down for C++ later on like intro and then advanced C++, is C++ going to help me out the most in the long run, I mean I know its certainly not a terrible choice? I know I can self learn new languages, but its nice to actually be in a classroom to learn new languages.  I mean I really like python and one of my teachers said it was his favorite above all the others, well he also said the Java was annoying lol

[Coaxialgamer]

5 minutes ago, derrickd241 said:

I've been thinking lately, I'm in college taking my Intro to Python class and they have me down for C++ later on like intro and then advanced C++, is C++ going to help me out the most in the long run, I mean I know its certainly not a terrible choice? I know I can self learn new languages, but its nice to actually be in a classroom to learn new languages.  I mean I really like python and one of my teachers said it was his favorite above all the others, well he also said the Java was annoying lol

C++ is one of the most used and flexible languages , but it usually requires more code than python to do the same thing ( for example , defining variables)

[JeffreyEagan]

French!-oh. I'd say C++ if you can. Java is all VM-based-or-something-like-that. C++ doesn't need any .NET libraries, although it is a LOT more in-depth than normal C variants.

[Goldensapling]

C++ is a good option.

I'm currently in a Java class and I wish we had a C++ class honestly.

[spellmanuk]

im not a developer but from what ive seen C++ is pretty damn common (pretty sure they use it somewhere in android but don't quote me on that) if you where looking for one to do after maybe HTML5? agin though im not a dev so take my suggestions with a pinch of salt

[trag1c]

C++ is a fantastic language to learn, it offers a large amount of flexibility. It is also still an actively developed language that's bringing many features and improvements of more modern languages. 

[derrickd241]

What about just plain ol' C?

[trag1c]

Just now, derrickd241 said:

What about just plain ol' C?

IMO there is no point of learning C since you learn C while you learn C++. C++ exists so there's no point in "downgrading". 

[2FA]

11 minutes ago, derrickd241 said:

What about just plain ol' C?

C isn't object oriented and has less functionality compared to C++.

[xerox3333]

C# is widely used in industry right now if you are into the .NET framework, its easy to learn if you are experienced in Java and Python already as it too is very Object Oriented

[as96]

C++ is a really powerful language although is not the easiest one to learn.

On 24/2/2016 at 9:01 PM, peej said:

im not a developer but from what ive seen C++ is pretty damn common (pretty sure they use it somewhere in android but don't quote me on that) if you where looking for one to do after maybe HTML5? agin though im not a dev so take my suggestions with a pinch of salt

Android is written mainly in C/C++ except for really high level stuff, and you can code Android apps in C++ using the NDK (but Google suggests not to do that unless it's really necessary).

 

And HTML is not a programming langauge, it's just markup I don't think is what he's looking for.