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bpatel576 on Dec 11, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Go 1.4 is released

Good god. Seriously, another language. I'm just starting out learning how to program, and I find it irritating that there are so many languages and it's not that easy figuring out which ones you should learn and which ones you shouldn't.

FraaJad on Dec 11, 2014 [–]

focus on

step 1. getting good at solving problems in one language

step 2. get really good at that language. (ie., know how to avoid pitfalls, get best performance, know corner cases)

step 3. learn new languages that expose you to newer paradigms (ie., you know "OOP" languages, learn FP langauges next).

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