Re:I Don't Code in my Free Time
by greentree on Saturday October 10, 2009 @01:13PM
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Really? I'm getting kind of tired of the tool analogies. They are thrown around as answers in place of actual thinking and reasoned arguments. The comparison between learning how to use a torque wrench and learning a language is absurd.
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It depends.
Learning a significantly different language can be mind-expanding. Going from C to Lisp is not just picking up a different tool. More like a brain transplant.
Going from Java to C# is more ho-hum. There will be no epiphanies. More like "Oh, Microsoft solved problem X. That's nice."
That really is like replacing a Husky brand wrench with a Craftsman brand wrench.