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There's a lot of value to learning new programming languages even if you can't use them in your day job. It helps you think about the problems you face differently. See a new perspective on solving problems.

The languages which are interesting to me are:

• D for a c++ like language
• lua for embedded oo scripting
• ruby for web development and automation
• erlang for concurrent and distributed programming
• ocaml for data processing

And smalltalk for knowing what the grandmaster poobahs did back in the day.

To keep your chops up, try learning a new language every year.

www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/loty/

(http://www.pragprog.com/articles/designing-learning )

Learning something new doesn't mean you're rejecting what you already know and do...

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