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Luckily the base thinking skills transfer over, so learning how to program in Java/C means that the student now knows how to program irregardless of the languag
by sudont 16y ago
Luckily the base thinking skills transfer over, so learning how to program in Java/C means that the student now knows how to program irregardless of the language. Picking up a new language is less like learning a new dialect and more like learning the local slang and customs.
Except for MUMPS. Fuck that shit.
- adacosta 16y agoregardless
- sudont 16y agoSsssh, you prescriptivist!
- eru 16y agoPicking up a new paradigm is also harder than picking up a different language within a paradigm you know. But you'll get pretty far with the imperative languages you mentioned.
- Locke1689 16y agoExcept for MUMPS. Fuck that shit. Amen.
- earl 16y agoYou worked for epic too?
- sudont 16y agoHah, no. I do know a couple of their senior engineers--who get the privilege of using .NET over MUMPS.