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What will be "the" language in 2 years?

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by maryweilage

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What language do you think will win Web development supremacy over the course of the next couple of years, as featured in this week's Shop Talk newsletter? Are you in agreement with Kevin and Dan's take on the future of Web development, the Java vs.Microsoft debate, and the UNIX-based Mac OS X?

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by dnreeves

PHP version 6 (version 4.2 is the current release) will be "the" WEB development language in 2 years. Look at the growth rate and extrapolate 2 years into the future. Of course C#, Visual Basic, JAVA, C++, C, Perl, Python, smalltalk, PL/1, algol,Fortran, Forth, and even Cobol will still play a significant role for legacy projects.

I also like C++ with the cross-platform Qt (GUI framework) (see http://www.trolltech.com).

Have a happy thanksgiving holiday,

David

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