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What's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language? (programming.dev)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Honestly, I taught myself JS in like 2009 as my first programming language. My high school taught Java, but I didn't get OOP. I understand functional programming though, so after JS I taught myself Elixir, then OCaml and Haskell. I really wish I was just taught Clojure or another lisp-like in school though. Python is... okay... I need expressions in my language, though, and Python is not that.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    My high school taught Java, but I didn’t get OOP

    Yes, the correct sequence of events - one thing at a time, basic programming, then OOP. :-)

    Python is not that.

    It's not a lot of things, which makes it poor for a teaching language.

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