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What's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language? (programming.dev)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I learned a bit of FORTH because an old Minecraft mod (Redpower 2) had a computer that could run it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how many people learned Lua for this reason (CC and friends).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I did! I picked it up specifically for CC, then I found a window manager that was also configured in Lua.