by via Bill Wagner: C# Development Blog | MySmartChannels on 4/25/2007 9:21:18 PM
It's probably the case that my readership is a proper subset of Scott's, but for those few folks that haven't seen it, Scott wrote an interesting post about languages (human and programming) late last week: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheProgrammingLanguageExplosion.aspx
For my part, I've spent most of my professional career between curly braces: C, C++, Java, and now C#. But, in college and in other study on my own, I've used a number of languages from other families: Lisp, ML, perl, (a little) python, awk (yes, it's a programming language), sh, and a couple different assembly languages.
The wide breadth is important. Just as learning other human languages helps you understand your own native tongue's vernacular, learning other programming language styles gives you more tools.
While I'm not speaking to my children in other languages, I agree with all of Scott's ideas.
Original Post: On Languages and Computer Science Programs
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