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If you asked me this question, I would assume you are a mediocre programmer. The good ones don't consider it a big investment to learn a new language, because t
by ef4 15y ago
If you asked me this question, I would assume you are a mediocre programmer. The good ones don't consider it a big investment to learn a new language, because they can do it really fast and because they enjoy it.
- tkahn6 15y agoSince when did learning a language stop being a big investment? Beyond syntax there are idioms, idiosyncrasies, standard libraries, advanced features, upstream features, and toolchains. How many people do you know have full understanding of C++ or Haskell? Or even Ruby or Python?
- boyter 15y agoDon't forget debugging and reading error messages. I honestly believe that 90% of learning any language is learning how to solve errors when the compiler or run-time spits them out at you.