Which oral language (after English)...
JacobAldridge: My favourite quote from Eat, Pray, Love was (roughly) "Why would you learn Italian? So that if they ever successfully invade Ethiopia again, you'll know a language which is spoken in two countries?"With that in mind, it makes sense to learn Spanish, which is spoken through much of Latin and South America. Chinese (Mandarin) has replaced Japanese as the 'next big economic language', so if you're looking to converse with a large new market, then perhaps Mandarin.But for me, I dream of taking up French again. Limited global reach. No economic benefit. But I love the way it sounds coming out of my mouth. Does a form over function answer negate the 'useful for a programmer' part of your question?