It was easier to learn to program in several languages than in one
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It was easier to learn to program in several languages than in one
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Re: It was easier to learn to program in several languages than in one
#2...but not nearly as hard as learning to program well in any single one of them.
Re: It was easier to learn to program in several languages than in one
#3I went through an almost identical tour, getting to the point where I learned basic syntax of Java, PHP and Ruby, until a friend finally convinced me to give python a try. It was only in python, and then javascript, I got a little further.
Re: It was easier to learn to program in several languages than in one
#4...but not nearly as hard as learning to program well in any single one of them.
you are right, and i still don't master any language. my point is that for someone trying to learn by himself, it may result useful to use several languages, because making comparisons and relating concepts helps to understand things. at least it helped me.
Re: It was easier to learn to program in several languages than in one
#5I went through an almost identical tour, getting to the point where I learned basic syntax of Java, PHP and Ruby, until a friend finally convinced me to give python a try. It was only in python, and then javascript, I got a little further.
yeah, and i'm sure that when you where reading about python or javascript you were like.. ohhh so that's why i was doing this and that on php or java.. that's what i mean, comparing and relating helps to learn :D
Re: It was easier to learn to program in several languages than in one
#6This is an interesting approach for a beginner, but eventually one must commit in order to have subconcious command of the syntax. It could be argued that multilingual children have greater command over the essence of language.
Re: It was easier to learn to program in several languages than in one
#7...still better then my "getting raped on your first date" type of intro to programming: starting with C on windows before I knew what a "function" was, and being exposed to the win32 api just after learning to write a for loop and before I understood what a pointer really was :) ...and a seep of Perl after all of this to sooth me up ;)
...things seem much easier if your first experience is "hardcore" ...I guess exposing your mind to a "gang rape" of PHP, C++, Javascript etc. is similarly mind opening :)
Re: It was easier to learn to program in several languages than in one
#8...still better then my "getting raped on your first date" type of intro to programming: starting with C on windows before I knew what a "function" was, and being exposed to the win32 api just after learning to write a for loop and before I understood what a pointer really was :) ...and a seep of Perl after all of this to sooth me up ;) ...things seem much easier if your first experience is "hardcore" ...I guess expo…
While I see your point, your analogy makes me really uncomfortable.
Re: It was easier to learn to program in several languages than in one
#9While this isn't how I learned programming in the first place, I found learning Haskell and Scheme at the same time as a freshman really helped me become a far better programmer. Moreover, the two languages made learning each other--and associated concepts--far easier, so I was certainly better off learning both at the same time than I would have been learning them in sequence.
Re: It was easier to learn to program in several languages than in one
#10Yes this was how I learnt programming. When I was learning programming I found some concepts easier to learn in one language than the other. It wasn't about mastering any language at that stage, it was about understanding different concepts. Some languages implement certain ideas better than others.
I started with QBASIC, then went to PASCAL,C,C++. When Java came out it made me understand C++ a lot better. Java had a cleaner implementation of the concepts.
Since I started programming in Ruby, it has made me understand Javascript in a way I never did before.