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> Which is more suited for someone who's just trying to learn their first programming language? None. Learn a language that is appropriate for beginners like P
by ExpiredLink 14y ago
> Which is more suited for someone who's just trying to learn their first programming language?
None. Learn a language that is appropriate for beginners like Python or PHP.
- samrat 14y agoI'm so sorry- that was supposed to be "first functional programming language". (I'm already doing some programming in Python)
- jfaucett 14y agoI'd have to disagree here. I don't think its entirely unimportant which language a programmer begins with. Every language has its own community, resources, paradigms, general practices, etc. and if you start with a "rather lawless" language like PHP, you could be in for useless headaches. I started with C and initially it was difficult to grasp the OOP paradigm. I actually think starting with a functional language would be quite interesting since one is immediately confonted with the bridge between mathematical theory applied.