Programming Language most relevant to the Financial sector?

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Published on 2011-01-13T07:02:54Z Indexed on 2011/01/13 7:57 UTC
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I am a freshman in college and doing a software engineering/ finance double major. I've been learning programming on my own and have a good bit of familiarity with php by now. I was wondering what you guys think the most relevant programming language is for financial/investment banking use?

I have read this thread: Books on developing software for financial markets/investment banks

I want to start learning/reading up on a language (the basics not financial/quant stuff) to set a foundation for the future financial/quant stuff.

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