Learning Your nth Language

Some thoughts on the importance of learning more than one programming language.

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1. LEARNING YOUR NTH LANGUAGE DAVID GRANDINETTI
2. LANGUAGE IS LIKE A BURRITO
3. LANGUAGE IS LIKE A BURRITO
4. LANGUAGE IS LIKE TRAVEL
5. AT FIRST
6. THE FOCUS IS ON SYNTAX
7. ;
8. KNOWING FRENCH != KNOWING FRANCE
9. LANGUAGE IS... SYNTAX CONCEPTS COMMUNITY LIBRARIES TOOLS
10. SYNTAX HOW DO I WRITE A FEW LINES?
11. CONCEPTS ALLOWS YOU TO THINK THE WAY THE LANGUAGE DESIGNER DOES
12. WHEN YOU USE RUBY, YOU USE TOOLS THAT WORK THE WAY MATZ THINKS
13. COMMUNITY WHAT ARE THE VALUES OF THE PEOPLE AROUND THIS LANGUAGE?
14. LIBRARIES SHOWS YOU HOW TO DESIGN HIGHER LEVEL CONCEPTS IN THIS LANGUAGE
15. TOOLS SHOWS YOU WHAT THE COMMUNITY VALUES AND HOW THEY USE THE LANGUAGE
16. HOW DO I TEST, MANAGE DEPENDENCIES, DEPLOY, ETC?
17. YOUR SECOND LANGUAGE
18. YOU WILL BE EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THINGS
19. TRAVEL HAS A WAY OF STRETCHING THE MIND. THE STRETCH COMES ... WITH EXPERIENCING FIRSTHAND HOW OTHERS DO DIFFERENTLY WHAT WE BELIEVED TO BE THE RIGHT AND ONLY WAY. RALPH CRAWSHAW
20. YOU START TO SEE CONCEPTS
21. YOUR NTH LANGUAGE
22. YOU START TO THINK IN CONCEPTS
23. YOU REALIZE SYNTAX IS USUALLY MINOR...
24. ...BUT YOU WILL STILL MESS IT UP
25. STEP 1 BECOMES "HOW DO I CONCEPTUALIZE THIS PROBLEM?"
26. SWIFT IS KIND OF AN ANOMOLY
27. RECENTLY EMERGED FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN
28. SWIFT HAS... SYNTAX* CONCEPTS COMMUNITY LIBRARIES TOOLS
29. WE'RE ALL NEW AT THIS...
30. ...AND YOU CAN AFFECT ALL OF IT
31. THE WHOLE OBJECT OF TRAVEL IS NOT TO SET FOOT ON FOREIGN LAND; IT IS AT LAST TO SET FOOT ON ONE’S OWN COUNTRY AS A FOREIGN LAND. G.K. CHESTERTON