"I ask because my brain really cant absorb too many languages,... the next 5 years outlook."
Well, the early days of computing had domain specific languages, and I'm afraid we are getting back to that. The days of a one-size-fits-all language are over. Your best bet is to learn the principles and then the syntax differences just aren't that troublesome. The problem is that when you are new to programming, you learn only a small subset of those principles, and then are stumped when it is time to pick up a new language because it may rely on new concepts.
In education, Scheme once occupied the role of being the language in which you could learn and investigate a broad range of principles of computation. However, the perceived need for vocational training seems to have pushed Scheme out of the curriculum.
Well, the early days of computing had domain specific languages, and I'm afraid we are getting back to that. The days of a one-size-fits-all language are over. Your best bet is to learn the principles and then the syntax differences just aren't that troublesome. The problem is that when you are new to programming, you learn only a small subset of those principles, and then are stumped when it is time to pick up a new language because it may rely on new concepts.
In education, Scheme once occupied the role of being the language in which you could learn and investigate a broad range of principles of computation. However, the perceived need for vocational training seems to have pushed Scheme out of the curriculum.
Today, Haskell is the best choice for this role.