I don't think anyone has mentioned Haskell yet in this thread. One of the major Perl 6 implementations is done in Haskell, so it could be relevant from that angle.
Also, I would second those who suggest Clojure as a great language to learn. Rob On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Asa Martin <asa.mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Hope this isn't too off-topic, but I've relocated to the Boston area > recently and am looking for a job. I've been a Perl hacker since the late > 90s and consider it my first (and still favorite) language. However, I'd > like to update my skillset to include some other languages. I've worked in > the past using some PHP and JavaScript and have a casual knowledge of > Python > and Ruby. I've also done a fair about of SQL. > > Any suggestions from this group as to what would make sense to put effort > into learning next to make myself more marketable in the Boston area? > > Should I try and learn Java? If so, any recommendations as to > books/tutorials? > > What about Ruby or Python? Would those be useful together with Perl or are > they usually mutually exclusive? > > Anything else? > > I don't want to start a language war as to what language is "theoretically > best", but instead wondering what languages are "practically best", i.e., > most often coupled (or tripled, etc.) with Perl in this area. > > Of course, actual job offers are welcome too ;-) > > Thanks in advance, > > Asa > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > Boston-pm@mail.pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
