What programming language should an aspiring structural engineer learn?

Question

I really enjoy coding, and I think knowing a programming language well could really benefit me in my career. My double major (Civil Engineering and Public Policy Leadership) make it impossible to add a minor, and dropping PPL is not an option. I have learned and forgotten Java and FORTRAN and I'm good with programming in general. I also have a small amount of experience writing MATLAB programs.

Answer 1

lisp, then C, then something higher level like Ruby/Perl, then C++/C#, then assembly

Answer 2

Re-learn Java and Fortran.



Then add C; it is terse and shows a strange mixture of nerdy shorthand syntax (like the sort form incrementation operators, which were never a necessity) and verbose and unnecessary long function names which some people feel are so descriptive that they make the need for comment 'unnecessary' (comments are NEVER unncessary; try to get back to one of your OWN program after one year and you would understand), but it is massively popular. Chances are you would be exposed to applications written in C sooner or later.

C++ could be avoided for now, until you can feel comfortable with C.

Answer 3

Might be worth re-learning FORTRAN because it's good for mathematics and engineering simulations. However it's also really outdated. MATLAB would also be a good choice, or a combination of the two.

Answer 4

obviously c or c++ are the best choices. those languages are the basic to learn any language..if you want to learn about the computer also this is good.. if you want to code as a hobby or to develope games and the applications you can go for python..this is really awesome,simple, easily understandable.

Answer 5

Learn C++ as it has a variety of applications.