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Could always do it the academic way.... C, then C++, then Java, back to C++, back to Java. Once you graduated you will have learned no language mastery, just ho
by bpeters 16y ago
Could always do it the academic way.... C, then C++, then Java, back to C++, back to Java. Once you graduated you will have learned no language mastery, just how to to think like a programmer... If that is what you want
- 2arrs2ells 16y agoIs this really the standard "academic way"? At my school, CS classes started in C, did a touch of PHP/JS, then a functional language (was scheme, now OCaml), and then a giant hodgepodge of whatever you/the professor wanted.
- sliverstorm 16y agoJava and C are the most common staples, and at lower-grade schools potentially the only languages.
- wlievens 16y agoWe started with Scheme, then in the second year C++ and some Common Lisp. Later Smalltalk. You learned Java on your own, which is near trivial if you know C++ and Scheme.
- sliverstorm 16y agoOnce you graduated you will have learned no language mastery, just how to to think like a programmer... If that is what you want Which, honestly, isn't necessarily a bad thing. If you know how to think, and you have experience with a language that's at least something like what you want to learn, you can pick up almost anything quickly.