I can understand why you don't feel that learning different languages is teaching you new paradigms, that list is the programming equivalent of saying you've learnt German, Swedish, Norwegian and Icelandic and can't really see what all the fuss is about!
Of that collection, only one that stands out as having anything truly different is SQL (it's declarative, instead of procedural like the others) If you want to exercise the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis properly, then you'll need to be exploring languages that approach problems in a whole new perspective. At least one functional language (lisp/ocaml/scala/erlang/haskell/etc.) is an absolute must-have. You could also gain a lot by really getting to grips with the prototype-based approach of javascript, which is completely different to the class based approach that most object-oriented languages favour nowadays. On 29 April 2010 01:49, Wildam Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 17:09, Lyle <[email protected]> wrote: > > So are you arguing that it wasn't useful for you to have learned those 12 > > programming languages and to have had those insights as to the range of > > possibilities, and that others shouldn't bother? > > Well, 2 or 3 really different ones make sense but more IMHO not > really. What you don't use on a daily basis makes far less sense IMHO. > I would say, the more languages you learn the more you are not > satisfied with any of those because in each language something you > miss from another one. > > BTW - there are more than 1000 known programming languages > (http://99-bottles-of-beer.net - however, not all mentioned there are > really programming languages) - would you really think it is worth > knowing them all? > > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 17:21, Kfir Shay <[email protected]> wrote: > > What 12 programming languages have you learned if I may ask? > > Not sure, if I get them all, but I will try: > Basic (in a lot of variants starting with C-64 Basic, GW-Basic up > until Visual Basic, VBA, VB-Script and ASP), Assembler, Turbo Pascal, > C and C++, Magic II, COBOL, Clipper, C-Linda, Occam, PVM, PHP, MS > Access (if you wish), Wise Installer Scripting language (yes, it has > it's own), - and of course Java (now we are at more than 12 already). > The most I did in Basic, Turbo Pascal, Magic II and Visual Basic. > > I did also a very, very little Python and .NET (C#) for evaluation > purposes. From theory (syntax) I have looked on a far lot more and > played around with some but those I mentioned above I have all used > for at least one real project. I also do not count HTML, XML, SQL or > even shell scripting and the like as programming language (although > some people do - and I can do all these also). And yes, I have written > a business application in C-64 Basic (and it was possible to use the > joystick and shoot button for selecting the menus :))) ). > -- > Martin Wildam > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail/google talk: [email protected] wave: [email protected] skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
