hahah holy shit this is so true omg

http://8ch.net/tech/src/1444001807990.png

In reality there are only like 3 languages to learn:

C++ like imperative OOP
ML/Haskell like functional
Lisp like functional

Once you know one of each you pretty much know every language unless you are retarded.

In before some ass mentions prolog.

>>2
What about HTML? Or MySQL?

>>2
prolog

^E_P^I_C!

>>2
Lisp is only unique in syntax and in some sense the way it works under the hood (not that special though)

Basically there are 3 major styles:
Imperative, functional, declerative.

Then there are certain features like Object-Oriented which a languages do or do not have.

Imperative would be something like C, C++, Java
Functional is like ML, Lisp, Haskell
Declerative like prolog, SQL.

Of course this is only a broad view. Python has features of both imperative and functional, Haskell has a (limited) amount of declerative-like features (like list comprehension).

Also, declerative languages are implemented using functional and imperative, and functional is implemented using imperative.

If you take an even more detailed perspective: most languages are unique and they all have their niche.

>>2,6
In reality there are only like 3 foods to eat:

Monkey like POOP
Cat like feces
Bird like feces

Once you know one of each you pretty much know every food unless you are retarded.

Then there are the people who don't eat feces.

>>2

Lisp like functional

Lisp is not functional. In fact it can be argued that lisp is one of the least functional languages ever created. This misunderstanding has interesting roots and is a good example of how a small misnomer can have long-lasting influence and end up causing confusion long after the reasons behind the misnomer have passed into irrelevance.
http://letoverlambda.com/index.cl/guest/chap5.html

There is only one language to learn in 2015: Javascript

>>9
Isn't that something like assembly to which everything compiles but there's no need to actually learn it?

i think javascript is a pretty cool guy. eh runs everywhere and doesn't afraid of anything.

>>11
He doesn't run on Windows though.

>>12
https://dev.windows.com/en-us/develop/winjs

>>13
Doesn't run without HTML => doesn't run on Windows.
I can type "python" and get a Python REPL, I can type "sbcl" and get a CL REPL, I can type "ghci" and get a Haskell REPL. But not Javascript, oh no, that loser doesn't run on Windows.

>>14
What is your criteria for a "valid" REPL? Does it have to be something that can be run from the command line?

>>14
https://nodejs.org/