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Scheme can indeed be learned in a day, if you understand the programming model. And my standards for a programming language's learning curve applies to experie
by jjs 17y ago
Scheme can indeed be learned in a day, if you understand the programming model.
And my standards for a programming language's learning curve applies to experienced programmers. It's just a happy coincidence that python offers a gentle learning curve for new programmers as well.
- gdp 17y agoAnd wrestling alligators can be learned in five minutes if you already know how to wrestle crocodiles. > if you understand the programming model Right, learning the syntax of a programming is easy and quick, if you already understand the programming model. I argue that it is difficult to learn new programming models in general.
- jjs 17y ago> Right, learning the syntax of a programming is easy and quick, if you already understand the programming model. Or at least, it should be. Hence my criticism of Perl.