Why learn Python?
It is great for implementing or simply describing algorithms; in several university courses, it has been chosen for its cleanliness; in fact, transforming pseudo-code that is normally used into Python code is quite straightforward. Python is also widely used in science; I recommend a few books on the subject:
- Python for Data Analysis, by Wes McKinney Ed. O’Reilly Media.
- Bioinformatics Programming Using Python.
- “Natural Language Processing with Python.”
Why learn the Java language?
Because it’s widespread, clean, and completely OOP, despite Edsger Dijkstra’s thought: “Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California.”
Why learn C++?
C++ is the prince of languages; you can use it to build almost anything. The operating systems, compilers, interpreters, and Virtual Machines we use to run our code are primarily written in C or C++.