2 ms·
It depends on how similar it is to what you're already familiar with. Learning a new imperative language is different from learning your first functional langu
by gyro_robo 20y ago
It depends on how similar it is to what you're already familiar with. Learning a new imperative language is different from learning your first functional language.
I learned Python so quickly, I used to stare at the 2 lines I'd just written that did the same work as 20 in C++. My brain had to play catch-up since it was used to autopiloting while filling in the tedium.
- albertcardona 20y agoSo true (about Python vs. C). Same with java: I spend a lot of the time filling in straw. Python makes me think because almost every line is actually meaningful. As for how long with a new language: speaking without quantitative data, I'd say differences in motivation are much larger than differences in languages, for languages with a reasonable set of libraries (i.e. brainfuck and the like excluded).