"So I've been learning C++ lately. ugh... wait a PITA language. How   
   did it ever become so popular?"   
      
   I believe the rationale for it is object re-use. A large project can benefit   
   from the design features, as I've been told. I've only worked for one company   
   that used it - an internet telephony company in SF. Most others were using   
   Java.   
      
   Why don't you just stick with C? It's the core of C++ anyhow. Plus much   
   embedded is done with C now.   
      
   Then there's the scripting languages. I used Ruby for a while.   
      
   Famous user of Basic: Blll Gates.   
   Users of Python: Larry Page and Sergey Brin.   
      
   And of course matlab. This is the language used by some high powered AI people   
   for Support Vector Machins, ANN's, et. Isabelle Guyon is probably the world   
   class genius in that area.   
   jb   
      
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