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> Most programming languages are very very similar. For the most part, yes. I'd add the caveat of needing to differentiate significantly between imperative an
by Sohcahtoa82 1y ago
> Most programming languages are very very similar.
For the most part, yes. I'd add the caveat of needing to differentiate significantly between imperative and functional programming, though. I've used Python, Java, C, C++, C#, PHP, and a TINY bit of Perl (Enough to know it's a terrible language -- seriously, why would anybody want to use a language that people refer to as "write-only" because it's so hard to read?), and Haskell just makes no damn sense to me. It seems its only use is to show off how Quicksort can be written in two lines with it, or to start fights over whatever the hell a Monad is.
Also, if you've only ever written in memory-safe languages like Python, Java, and C#, then switching to an unsafe language like C or C++ will probably result in writing a ton of memory leaks, buffer overflows, and segfaults.
- ninetyninenine 1y agoYou only say that about Haskell because you don’t understand it. Once you understand i, your world view will change.
- elcritch 1y agoTechnically you didn’t specify if your world view will improve or devolve. ;)
- ninetyninenine 1y agoIt depends on if you prefer the red pill or the blue pill.