Rich said : > Hi, > > (this is a probably a bit OT here, but comp.lang seems rather > desolated, so I'm not sure I would get an answer there. And right now > I'm in the middle of learning Python anyway so...) > > Anyway, my question is: what experience you people have with working > with different languages at the same time? > > I am an undergraduate now , majoring in software engineering .I have learn three lanaguages , c/c++ , java , sql . And now I am taking a part-time job in a software corporation which engage in enterprise mail system development . I must use php to maintain their web sever page , while I am using perl script to process the mail message. Meantime , I am very interested in python too .I can't say I am good at any one of these, but I must use all of these at a time . > Actually I did myself many years ago, on my Commodore machines, where > I programmed a lot in both basic, assembler and machine code, and > don't recall I had any problems with handling these parallel. But > then, they are very different languages, so it's not easy to get their > syntax etc. mixed up with each other. > > Yes , I feel that too . I often use break statement in perl script only be warned an syntax error ! > I'm more thinking about Python, PHP, C++, Perl, Euphoria, which are > languages I'm thinking of learning now. They look much more like each > other than basic and MC, at places some even share the exact same > syntax it seems, so your brain might get confused with what language > you're actually working with? > > How is your experience with handling these paralell?. And what would > you recommend - take one (or perhaps two) at a time, and then continue > with the next? Or is it OK to go ahead with them all, at once? > > I think when anybody learn a new language , the most important thing is not the syntax of that language but the builtin functions and the libraries the language provide ! My experience is : Learning a language is relatively easy , but being good at a language is a far more difficult thing!
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