That's an impressive achievement, Bill. This experience has inspired me to try and learn more languages - I think getting a fresh start helps, too. The things that seem to transfer from language to language are the concepts (instead of the syntax) and those are the key to becoming a better programmer.
On Apr 7, 2005 11:01 AM, Bill Rawlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > as part of my own professional development I try and spend enough time to > get a good grasp of a new language every year. > > I don't master it, and typically, I don't even have the opportunity to use > the language in my work - however learnging the implementation > and special little tricks of each language helps me, in general, to become > a better developer. > > It also better prepares me for future problems as I have a larget toolbox > from which to dig into to find the right tool to solve a customers problem. > > Bill -- It's a metaphor for life itself. For that matter, everything in life is a metaphor for life. Except life. Life is probably a metaphor for metaphor. -- James Lileks ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
