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Ask HN: What does it mean to learn a new programming language?

When I pick a new language to learn, I can pickup the basic types, control, syntax etc. in a few hours and write basic programs while referencing the language docs/tutorials. I can also write few mid sized programs while learning about the standard library in a few days of learning a language. But often times the programs written aren't the most efficient in terms of the programming language....

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Re:Things that used to be hard and are now easy on Sunday February 20, 2022 @12:53PM (#30407562)
> Writing code that runs on GPU in the browser (maybe with Unity?)

Is the author referring to WebAssembly ?

It's not that they read the data but that they might sell it to others
Re:GitHub – nushell/nushell: A new type of shell on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @02:09AM (#27525403)
Why is everything written in rust nowadays? Apart from the safety it provides.
let me know how it works out for you