On Wed, 11 May 2011 14:44:37 -0400, Prasad, Ramit <ramit.pra...@jpmchase.com> wrote: : > Someone who knows how to program is never clueless starting a new : >language. Newbie, may be, but he knows most of the constructions : >and semantic principles to look for; most of it is learning the syntax. : : I claim to be able to program (Java/Python), but would be absolutely : lost programming in Lisp. It is more than just "learning the syntax", : it includes a thought paradigm as well.
OK. I should written 'how to program imperatively' ... 'new imperative language'. Or substitute functional/logical/whatever for imperative. You would not be completely clueless moving to ada/fortran/C/pascal/simula. There may be new concepts, and some concepts which must be adapted to another level of abstraction, but you do have a clue about the core concepts. -- :-- Hans Georg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
