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Re:Ask HN: when can i say i know a programming lang by fabricode on Sunday March 25, 2012 @01:28PM (#3753145)
Probably when you've found that you don't have to read the documentation for the base language in a while. Everyone constantly reads docs on infrequently used libraries and for gotcha parts of a language, but that's far different from having to look up how to create/destroy objects, perform all conditionals, use the data types, etc.

Equivalently: when you wouldn't be embarrassed in an interview to write something on the board in that language.

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