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C++ for sure! Depending on what you want to do. I work for an EDA company and all the engineers use it.

Cobol???? That still in use? ;-) If you want mainframes or business then that is where you would find it. I don't want to know it. Don't know of anybody programming it anymore.

Visual Basic? Well I have worked a couple jobs and have not found it used yet. It has a large following however. I would pick this over Cobol.

Might I suggest Python? Many of the Engineers use it for running their test cases and job builds. In fact I was ordered to learn it as well.

I am surprised you school does not offer Perl.

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Re: Re: Which language would be most helpful?
by vek (Prior) on Feb 02, 2003 at 16:58 UTC
    Cobol???? That still in use?

    You'll actually be surprised at how many legacy systems are still actually using COBOL. It might be old and it's certainly not buzzword compliant but it's still being used. We use it at work for our legacy fulfillment system.

    I am surprised you school does not offer Perl.

    Perl isn't all that common in schools the last time I checked. That's not to say that some schools do not offer it but the vast majority will offer C/C++ or Java. In fact I'm surprised that Java is not mentioned in the OP's list.

    -- vek --
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