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Re:Italian Ruby by StavrosK on Monday August 31, 2020 @08:24AM (#24330707)
> Moreover it is much easier to learn English than learning how to code.

I know many, many people who would disagree.

Re:Italian Ruby by Kreotiko on Monday August 31, 2020 @08:31AM (#24330762)
Human languages are intuitive, share some aspects and we have centuries of knowledge on how to learn them. Programming is still a relatively new activity in comparison and requires a set of knowledge that you don’t already get in your youth like speaking does. I also know basic Greek and I can swear it was easier to learn than coding at a professional level.
Re:Italian Ruby by StavrosK on Monday August 31, 2020 @08:35AM (#24330790)
You can't compare basic Greek to professional coding, learning Greek well enough to make a living from it (translation/writing/etc) is what you should compare to. Learning basic Greek is definitely harder than basic coding, and a language's difficulty also depends on where you're coming from (Portuguese is going to be much easier for Spaniards than for Greeks).
Re:Italian Ruby by Kreotiko on Monday August 31, 2020 @08:43AM (#24330842)
Stavros, you said it yourself. It depends on the language you already speak. Learning a programming language doesn’t have any starting point whereas a human language has. Regardless of how different the languages, you can still find similarities in sounds, phrase constructions, etc. Learning to code doesn’t have this