Depends on what language you know. My first language was FORTRAN (and matlab) and my way of thinking was severely handicapped by the language. My code would be

Depends on what language you know. My first language was FORTRAN (and matlab) and my way of thinking was severely handicapped by the language. My code would be a typical 5,000 line routine with GOTO statements, that worked, but only I knew how to navigate that mess. After I learned C++, suddenly the non monolithic doors opened for me. I also think that people who write c++ write better code, you get to read better code and follow better practices. Python, ruby, go, rust, javascript all clicked very easily afterwards. I still have one more hill to climb, functional programming.