Yes, I do exactly the same thing! The first 20 problems in particular are excellent for learning a new language. It covers basic math, list operations, file IO,

Yes, I do exactly the same thing! The first 20 problems in particular are excellent for learning a new language. It covers basic math, list operations, file IO, string parsing; in other words all the basics in learning a new language. Plus several of the problems are strung together and encourage you to build up a structured library of tools to help you solve any number of problems.