My first admittedly smart ass remark was "If you have to ask, then the answer is 'No'" But that doesn't treat the question as legitimate---which it is. For me t

My first admittedly smart ass remark was "If you have to ask, then the answer is 'No'" But that doesn't treat the question as legitimate---which it is. For me the answer has always been 'Yes' but perhaps not for the reasons found in the remarks below the article. I'm more or less addicted to learning computer languages. Part of that is plain curiosity---I just like to see what is in the offering. The rest is the certain knowledge that each new language gives me a new point of view. Sometimes a new solution to a problem; but in so far as language shapes how things are viewed then the addition of additional material is almost mandatory as far as I can see. I think someone mentioned "One a year"---I don't know if I'd set a time constraint on the idea, but I'm usually at work learning a new one at any given moment. I also re-learn old friends in terms of using 'new to me' compilers; Borland->MVC->GCC, that kind of thing. I also believe that anything that keeps the mind active in my chosen field can't help but be a good thing :)