On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 5:35 AM, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > "David Hutto" <smokefl...@gmail.com> wrote > >> Somewhat of the fact that python uses C encourages me of that, but I >> have still been looking into c++ to optimize, because I've used it >> before, and the more languages I learn the more they feel 'similar', >> but the same, if you can understand that! > > Absolutely! That's why I use 3 languages in my tutor.
And I saw them all right their first!...for the most part To try and > dispel the myth that programming languages are hard to learn. > Once you can program in one language learning another > normally takes a few days or even hours. (Becoming fluent > is another matter! :-) > > There are probably only about 5 or 6 basic structures to > programming languages: > > Algol based (Pascal, C, Java, Python etc) > Lisp based (Lisp, Scheme, clojure etc) > Prolog based > Functional( Haskell, ML etc) > SQL based > others?... Could probably go all day about the ones I've either looked at or loved. > > -- > Alan Gauld > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - tu...@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
