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Interesting that nobody puts forth "Because I enjoy learning" as a motivation for learning. It's not a dichotomy: You can enjoy learning and benefit from learni
by raganwald 14y ago
Interesting that nobody puts forth "Because I enjoy learning" as a motivation for learning. It's not a dichotomy: You can enjoy learning and benefit from learning idioms that cross over between languages, or enjoy learning and insure yourself against obsolescence, &c.
But for some people, it's a personal thing, they simply enjoy learning, much as an Architect who designs tract houses might still enjoy reading about new, avant garde office buildings.
- klibertp 14y ago> Interesting that nobody puts forth So true! There is a APL and its descendants mentioned, so array-based languages are covered, but what with concatenative ones, like Forth, Factor or Joy? I found learning (the very basics of) Forth illuminating almost to the same extent as learning Scheme if not more. `swap`ing the order of argument with higher order function is never going to be the same again :)