[ale] programming languages

Dow Hurst Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com
Thu Jul 8 09:46:48 EDT 2004


Ryan Williams wrote:

> Sorry to bug the list about this as it isn't *specifically* Linux, but 
> I have a quick question about choosing a programming language to 
> study. I'm relatively new to scripting, but I am picking up web-based 
> PHP and Perl pretty quickly. However, I would like to eventually work 
> toward heavier programming in other languages. We are likely moving to 
> Athens in the next couple of years, and I would like to possibly find 
> work on the university level at UGA. What programming languages are 
> likely to be most appealing to a university? Which language do most of 
> you see as being the most dominant in the next several years?
>
> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ryan
>
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I know that since many legacy systems are in use in Universities such as 
UGA or KSU, you will find C, C++, Cobol and Perl used to glue stuff 
together.  CORBA is used at KSU to help in gluing stuff together.  Can't 
think of anything else at the moment.
Dow




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