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Discussion on: What is the next language you want to learn, and why?

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Mr Bee

I've learned many programming languages, though I'm mostly a Pascal programmer, and a Pascal fan too. I used to be a Borland Delphi user but then I switched to Free Pascal and Lazarus IDE.

I'm starting to learn Apple's Swift programming language because…

  • it's a new language with rich dev tools around it (especially in Apple's platforms),
  • it's native and compiled language but with modern programming features,
  • it's general purpose and cross platform with multi-paradigm programming,
  • it's open source, backed and supported by big companies (Apple and IBM),
  • it has solid, helpful, and mannered community,
  • it's fun to look and observe a growing language,
  • it looks interesting (and promising) to join into Apple's app store. :)