I've been reading Advanced Perl Programming, and the author makes an excellent point -- it is wise to become proficient with both a Systems langage (e.g. C/C++) and a Scripting language (e.g. Perl, Python) because many complex problems are best solved by a combination of the two.

The place I work makes heavy use of Perl, which has made me very happy. They also use (even more) Java and .NET (mostly VB and C#). I'm very intersted in learning a System language to complement my Perl skills, but I'd like to learn something that complements Java and/or .NET as well, since I will likely be asked to choose one to become proficient with. I'd show preference to Java over .NET (both are evil, IMO, but at least Java works equally poorly on most modern OS's).

Do those in the monestary have suggestions? If you have a suggestion, could you please explain why it's a good choice? I much appreciate it, thanks.

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In reply to Suggestions for system languages to complement Perl? by radiantmatrix

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