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Re:It was easier to learn to program in several languages th... by nnq on Friday September 28, 2012 @01:12PM (#4586592)
...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 :)

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Re:It was easier to learn to program in several languages th... by SquareWheel on Friday September 28, 2012 @01:19PM (#4586638)
While I see your point, your analogy makes me really uncomfortable.
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Re:It was easier to learn to program in several languages th... by ramblerman on Friday September 28, 2012 @06:33PM (#4588124)
what are we supposed to do with this information?
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Re:It was easier to learn to program in several languages th... by Flimm on Friday September 28, 2012 @08:21PM (#4588409)
You're supposed to make a mental note that rape analogies make some people feel uncomfortable, reminding yourself to think twice before using them in future.
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Re:It was easier to learn to program in several languages th... by zethraeus on Friday September 28, 2012 @07:45PM (#4588323)
Agree.
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Re:It was easier to learn to program in several languages th... by MartinCron on Friday September 28, 2012 @02:31PM (#4587063)
As SquareWheel also said, the rape analogy is pretty tasteless. If you look a little harder, I'm sure you can find a parallel that isn't so cheap and crass.
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Re:It was easier to learn to program in several languages th... by nnq on Saturday September 29, 2012 @05:18AM (#4589135)
...geezz ...no rape jokes, no telling people to go and kill themselves? ...I can't even imagine what's next ...where's the fun in life without all the sick & twisted humor and a dash of offensive :) (I know, this particular metaphor I used is quite lazy-minded and unimaginative, I agree, so point take for this...)
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Re:It was easier to learn to program in several languages th... by joaquinzrr on Friday September 28, 2012 @01:54PM (#4586872)
hahaha probably
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