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1) You never know what you'll need at a later date. When in CS, I learned about base 64 encoding and filed it in the "clever but not useful" category until ten
by jdeisenberg 12y ago
1) You never know what you'll need at a later date. When in CS, I learned about base 64 encoding and filed it in the "clever but not useful" category until ten years later when it was just the thing I needed for a program I was writing.
2) Learning something new and unfamiliar will at the very least expand your horizons, which rarely hurts.
- dalke 12y agoThe OP wants to learn "more languages and skills". Of all the many things which are new and unfamiliar, why another programming language, instead of acquiring some other skill? Personally, I'm with nostrademons. I learned a bit of Prolog and APL, but learning how to write parsers and use tools like ANTLR and PLY has been more useful.