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Re:Why learn yet another programming language? by jesusmichael on Friday April 18, 2014 @11:31AM (#7609561)
I agree with chintan39... I've been working in java and php for more than 10 years. As its grown I've found I could do just about anything in it. Even before Zend I was building objects in it.

To me the programming language is nothing but a tool to accomplish a task. The concepts of programming, the use of objects, models and data is the art of programming, the "design", the language is the tools and materials, the "wood and hammers". These can make it more elegant and high performance for the task the programming will be accomplishing.

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Re:Why learn yet another programming language? by chintan39 on Saturday April 19, 2014 @12:57AM (#7612630)
Nice point here "The concepts of programming, the use of objects, models and data is the art of programming, the "design", the language is the tools and materials, the "wood and hammers""
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Re:Why learn yet another programming language? by krapp on Friday April 18, 2014 @01:00PM (#7610010)
Also, as someone who pretty much used PHP and Js exclusively before going for a CS degree, I've found that i've learned a lot about the languages I already knew by studying the way other languages behaved.
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