Back to [[conference:committee:2015-proposals]]\\ \\ **Title**: Seven Languages in 90 minutes\\ **Proposer**: [[2015:Michel Grootjans]]\\ **Type**: Talk\\ **Duration**: 90 mins\\ **Description**: \\ Goal\\ Broaden your horizons by looking at solutions to common problems in different languages.\\ \\ Motivation\\ Inspired by the book 'Seven languages in seven weeks': You should learn a programming language every year, as recommended by The Pragmatic Programmer. But if one per year is good, how about Seven Languages in 90 minutes? In this session you'll get a hands-on tour of a few programming languages. Whether or not your favorite language is on that list, you'll broaden your perspective of programming by examining these languages side-by-side.\\ \\ Intended audience\\ Curious developers only\\ \\ \\ \\