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Is it necessary to learn Java for contributing to an open source project?

I am more into C/C++. But many of my seniors here in college ask me to learn Java if I want to contribute to an open source project.. I'm in dilemma. what to do? Can't we do a design project in C/C++?

Solution

  • There are plenty of open source C and C++ projects - as well as loads in virtually any other language you can come up with.

    Of course it's never a bad idea to learn another language, but don't feel too constrained by "only" knowing C and C++.

    If you want to contribute to a specific open source project which is written in Java, of course, that's a different matter... but if you're trying to find C and C++ open source projects, some of the major hosting sites support querying by project language, I believe. For example, you can look at Google Code C++ projects and SourceForge projects tagged C++.