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I think you're overemphasizing Hickey's first thought. His second boils down to "be careful to recognize the actual game involved. Programming mastery has littl
by rqebmm 12y ago
I think you're overemphasizing Hickey's first thought. His second boils down to "be careful to recognize the actual game involved. Programming mastery has little to do with languages"
To me it sounds like he's saying "understand the underlying patterns and techniques that make good programs in any language" not "stick with one, and only one, language until you know it inside and out".
- gaius 12y agoYes exactly that. In the same way you need a camera to be a photographer, and you need to be competent in its operation, but the endless search for a better camera is not what photography is about.
- ternaryoperator 12y agoExactly this. Hickey, after all, wrote Clojure. So, he's not against learning new languages, but his point is precisely what you state.