Coming from python, what should be the second programming language to learn? [closed]

Question

i was thinking learn a more low level language like C, but before it i'd like some opnion about:

1. what's the second language do you recommend to learn?
2. learn a low level language will make me a better programmer?
3. it's really necessary learn a second programming language?

Answer 1

Going backwards:

(3) Absolutely - you'll increase your ability by orders of magnitude by learning multiple languages.

(2) A low level language will make you a better programmer - alternatively a functional language will help as well.

(1) Low-level: go with C. Functional, try Scheme or Haskell. C also gives you the ability to write extension modules to Python if you ever have the need.

Answer 2

what's the second language do you recommend to learn?

Something imperative (i.e. same paradigm) but different. Python is dynamically typed with significant whitespace, so something statically types without significant whitespace: e.g. Java or C#.

These would also make a nice stepping stone towards C. The benefit of C is you really know what's going on, but with the disadvantage that you have to control it all. This level of control is not need for most business problems.

it's really necessary learn a second programming language?

Really subjective, but most good developers know many (consider for a web app: Python, Ruby, C#, Java on the server; SQL on the database and JavaScript on the client; and then the mark-up...).

You benefit from being able to see other approaches to problems and thus create better solutions. So once you have covered more imperative languages move into other paradigms like functional.