2014-05-05 12:17 GMT+02:00 Magnus Therning <mag...@therning.org>: > On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Cecil Westerhof <cldwester...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 2014-05-05 8:21 GMT+02:00 Magnus Therning <mag...@therning.org>: > > > >> any language" ;) However, choosing language wisely will allow you to > >> concentrate on solving the 'real' problem at hand, and relieve you > >> from solving unrelated problems (memory management, dealing with > >> pointers, etc). It will also simplify reasoning about your code. I > > > > > > That is why I do not understand that (where I live) they think you can > only > > be a good programmer if you only program in one language. > > It sounds like you have a bit of teaching to do ;) Start with > printing a few copies of Why FP Matters > (http://sector0.dk/public_files/why_fp_matters.pdf) and hand them out. > Eric Raymond's How to Become a Hacker > (http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html) is also a good read, > pay attention to what he says about LISP: > > LISP is worth learning for a different reason — the profound > enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it. That > experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your > days, even if you never actually use LISP itself a lot. >
I wish it was that easy. Just an anecdote. I did not get a job because I did not know how to program in JavaScript. Because I am a back-ender and in the function there would be the need to do front-end work also, they gave me a programming exercise. It did exactly what they asked, but I could not write syntactical correct JavaScript, because I did not terminate my lines with ';'. Pardon me, the program runs correctly, but is at the same time syntactical incorrect? How would that be possible? -- Cecil Westerhof -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
