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Re:Why is it difficult for developers to learn another progr... by ashtonkem on Sunday May 03, 2020 @02:21AM (#23057252)
I’d agree that similar languages are easier to learn, but once you’ve learned how to learn a programming language, new ones are easier, even if they’re dissimilar from your prior languages.

For the record, my professional work includes languages as dissimilar as PHP, Java, and Common Lisp, while my hobby hour work includes Rust and Haskell. That’s a pretty wide range of the language space that exists today, IMO.

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Re:Why is it difficult for developers to learn another progr... by Twisol on Sunday May 03, 2020 @02:50AM (#23057354)
My language gamut is similar to yours -- I don't disagree. I usually find it straightforward to pick up something new too. But there are still languages I know are going to take a lot more time for me to grok, like Coq. (I tried Coq a few years ago, and even though I already knew a fair bit of Haskell, the differences were enough to completely throw me off.)
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