Écouter et répéter is so last century (Arrrrcamp 2013)

You know what? Learning how to speak another language shouldn't be hard. So lets put it in a context that we know and love - programming in Ruby. This is a talk about abstraction, counting, syntax and grammar. It's nerdy, but its fun.

What you won't see is your typical "language talk" - I won't be banging on about language theory (except to relate to Ruby), or any particular natural language.

I think this is better, because it's about applying what you already know to the task at hand. There might even be a lesson or two snuck in there - wouldn't that be nice?

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   Hi, I’m Ry
   

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   I’m a freelance engineer
   these days
   

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   I ❤ communication
   

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   I ❤ languages
   

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   I ❤ learning
   

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   Scary audience
   participation time
   

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    Écouter et répéter is
    SO last century
    

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    JUST SAY NO
    

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    So let’s talk about
    languages
    

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    What are they?
    

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    Vocabulary
    

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    Morphology
    

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    Syntax
    

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    The last two are
    basically grammar
    

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    1 class Thing
    2 def foo; end
    3 def foo!
    4 foo
    5 raise “More Contrived Examples”
    6 end
    7 end
    8
    9 Thing.new.foo
    10 Thing.new.foo!
    

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    1 class Thing
    2 def foo; end
    3 def foo!
    4 foo
    5 raise “More Contrived Examples”
    6 end
    7 end
    8
    9 Thing.new.foo
    10 Thing.new.foo!
    Vocabulary
    

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    1 class Thing
    2 def foo; end
    3 def foo!
    4 foo
    5 raise “More Contrived Examples”
    6 end
    7 end
    8
    9 Thing.new.foo
    10 Thing.new.foo!
    Syntax
    

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    1 class Thing
    2 def foo; end
    3 def foo!
    4 foo
    5 raise “More Contrived Examples”
    6 end
    7 end
    8
    9 Thing.new.foo
    10 Thing.new.foo!
    Morphology
    

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    Ack! Getting boring,
    sorry
    

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    Ok Ry, back on track
    

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    That’s... not Ruby
    

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    lu’
    

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    1 class EcouterEtRepetez < Talks::Base
    2 def deliver
    3 Keynote.start CONTRIVED_SLIDE
    4 end
    5 end
    6
    7 EcouterEtRepetez.new.deliver
    

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    More code!
    

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    1 arry = [ ‘tI\’’, ‘S’, ‘ay’ ]
    2 arry.each do |value|
    3 puts value
    4 end
    

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    1
    2 $arry = array(‘tI\’’, ‘S’, ‘ay’);
    3 foreach($arry as $value) {
    4 echo($value);
    5 }
    6 ?>
    

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    1 arry = [ ‘tI\’’, ‘S’, ‘ay’ ]
    2 for value in arry:
    3 print value
    

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    Equivalent, right?
    

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    Porting is translation
    

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    Why?
    

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    Abstraction
    

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    What about...
    

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    1 class Ball
    2 def bounce; end
    3 end
    4 ball = Ball.new
    

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    une balle
    

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    Ϙʔϧʔ
    

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    Equivalent, right?
    

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    Translation is porting
    

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    nuqjatlh?
    

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    Abstraction
    

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    So what’s the
    difference?
    

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    Feedback loop
    

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    Immersion
    

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    Fear
    

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    Real people aren’t
    Klingons
    

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    Close the loop
    

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    Make friends
    

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    #pairwithme
    

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    #polyglotpair
    

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    @polyglotpairing
    

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    Travel
    

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    Help out
    

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    And in closing
    

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    Why not?
    

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    ❤
    Dank u wel
    

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