What do you all think will be the programming language of the future in the USA. A lot of programming jobs are going oversees. Like web development in India. C++ in China. What programming language is worth learning if you live in USA?

Well since these tend to be developed by people in more than one country, what does it matter?

If think C+=2 or some other imaginative language name lmao.

Learn Java and how to perform synchronization & threading, also take a look at concurrent programming like Baci. If you have these types of tasks under your belt it will look real good on a resume.

It will probably have to be a programming language with a recursive acronym.

But seriously get comfortable with a few languages and you will be able to quickly pick up the next one. It is more important to be able to design a good algorithm than use flash tools.

i think i read .net programmers are in the most demand in programming jobs in US

Recursion I love that one "Look outside the box" -- "If you look inside the black box you will not get it" as my COMP411 prof put it. You always first look for your base class your inner most duty that will be repeated as you unroll your recursion, after you have this correct your set. Here is an example.

if (n = 0)
accum
iterate ((n - 1) accum * n) //recursive call
if (n > 0)
iterate (n - 1)

The IT profession of the future in America is IP Lawyer.

I know, it's a sick joke, but I'm afraid my oh-so-witty remark just might be true.

following up on what graeme had mentioned.. imo, it is not important to focus on learning a paticular language.. rather it is about knowing how to program in general. i dont know what to suggest to really learn how to program except for spend alot of time trying/failing, hopefully finding somthing you can understand and then start building on it and do not stop..

google has taught me everything i know but it has taken some time..

Learn C++.

If you know C++, you can learn C, Java, PHP, C# and most other languages in a day.

I would have to agree with Lazy Foo', languages like c,c++ are pretty much what every other language is based on anyway - know a base language like that and the others will come naturally.

I started off coding flash actionscript before anything else (except a little pascal at college!) and have since been able to relate that to other languages, but c would give you a good ground to start off on and be prepared for the next latest and greatest language on the street.

Its more about getting the hours in front of the monitor and the mindset for using the right tools for the job as different languages suit different tasks.

I dont know what language would be the best option in the future, but by now i love my perl... is the best scripting language i've ever see.
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how about one's thought of future for the existence in the programming world ...

with programming knowledge in C and C++ to the extent of System Programming in Unix with Shell Scripting, Perl Scripting and ORACLE RDBMS knowledge in-tact.

Definitely not me (100 % ) ... but partially.

For now i'm focusing on system programming in unix with shell and perl scripting. I found that it is very usefull as a system administrator and security. At least u will not losing you programming skills