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By now it's about impossible to learn every language and platform. I prioritize by interesting and mind-bending, and at a glance, C++11 is not markedly better a
by prodigal_erik 15y ago
By now it's about impossible to learn every language and platform. I prioritize by interesting and mind-bending, and at a glance, C++11 is not markedly better along these dimensions, which leavers it near the bottom of the list—unless somebody is going to pay me because I chose to defer learning everything more rewarding. I don't apply this reasoning to every language (hell, I lurk on LtU), just the most pedestrian and painful ones.
- heretohelp 15y agoI'm not explaining myself clearly. Let me make this explicit. Things that are NOT important to me: 1. Knowing every programming language and platform 2. Wanting to know every programming language and platform 3. What programming languages and platforms you think are most important to learn 4. Why you don't like C++11 or think it's not worth learning. Things that ARE important to me: 1. Natural curiosity in those I work with 2. NOT working with people who are lazy and only do the bare minimum to keep a "good enough" job
- hackinthebochs 15y agoThe problem is that the choice of language to learn next is not signal for any of those points. With so many languages and platforms, one has to prioritize based on something. Job prospects is a perfectly fine criteria, even for someone who is curious and not lazy. It's a signal for pragmatism, and that's it.