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Ah, classic. X in Y minutes is a great resource if you want a concise, simple, brief example of what's cool about a language. It's not enough to actually learn
by qwertyuiop924 10y ago
Ah, classic. X in Y minutes is a great resource if you want a concise, simple, brief example of what's cool about a language. It's not enough to actually learn the language from, but it's an excellent place to start.
- BWStearns 10y agoIf you know enough linguistic neighbors of the x you're trying to learn the xiny cheat sheets can actually get you surprisingly dangerous.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoAh, the classic assumption problem perhaps best demonstrated by lua: "I wrote an hour's worth of code, and then I realized this language is 1-indexed when none of it worked!"
- thomasmarcelis 10y agoI somewhat like learning languages this way, I rarely forget my own mistakes I have to fix.
- closed 10y agoI think I like learning this way, but then I remember the time I learned the hard way that Matlab hates when scripts begin with a number, and I question my life choices.