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I think this sort of misses the point of the Pragmatic Programmer’s advice: you should learn a new language every year for exposure to the ideas that language h
by fiddlerwoaroof 7y ago
I think this sort of misses the point of the Pragmatic Programmer’s advice: you should learn a new language every year for exposure to the ideas that language has (e.g. Prolog to get a sense of how logic programming works, J for array programming, etc.). This doesn’t necessarily mean learning the language well enough to write production code and it certainly doesn’t mean switch your primary go-to language every year.
- anthony_r 7y agoIndeed. This can be extended to other things than just programming languages. Learn what a probability space is, code up a simple neural network, get an Arduino and try to connect it to a bunch of sensors and an LCD display, etc. This will not make you a mathematician, or a deep learning expert, or an embedded engineer, but is a little mind expanding.
- Chris2048 7y ago> you should learn a new language every year for exposure to the ideas that language has (e.g. Prolog to get a sense of how logic programming works, J for array programming, etc.) But why? what does that give you?
- techbio 7y agoI can only assume this is revealed in the process or not at all.