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To offer a counterpoint to no PHP folks, One reason I like PHP is because right now its pretty much essential to know if you are using open source web applications like MediaWiki, Wordpress or Drupal. I feel like Javascript is also a must for web work. Personally, I'm also a fan of XSLT to do transformation if I have XML to work with. As others have pointed out though, programming is web-centric. So IMHO it really depends on what your needs are and where you want to go. Others can offer better advice about non-web work. I keep toying with Ruby on Rails and getting about 1/3 of the way into the book I have before getting completely sidetracked by another project. Karen On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Mar 24, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Tim <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> >> Largest website in Perl: Del.icio.us >> >> Largest website in PHP: Facebook >> > > You're assuming the only use for a programming language is to dynamically > serve up a web site. That would be a serious mistake. > Roy >