Learning different languages gives you perspective, widening your toolkit of solutions. And gives you the ability and skills to pick the right tool for the job at hand.
Every language has its own idioms which maybe better suited to your problem than java. New languages are about improving the width of your knowledge rather than the depth. I agree that once you have experienced a new language you need to keep it sharp, but that is the same with all skills. On 3 Mar 2011 03:44, "Miroslav Pokorny" <[email protected]> wrote: Whats the point of learning lots and lots of languages when there are zillions(exaggeration but lots) of different techniques, libraries and technologies to learn, to help you today with what you are working on today and in the future. One could continue to learn more and more languages for no particular reason except for the learning experience. Sure you will see and become aware of different ideas and approaches but after a while all that has happened is time has passed and those interesting things learned are useless for your practical work experience. I could learn French, I could learn German I could learn some language that 5 people in Papua know but whats the point - we live in a world dominated by English. Computer languages are no different. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To... -- 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.
