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From: jeenglis@alcor.usc.edu (Joe English Muffin)
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Subject: Learning other languages (Was: Fortran vs. C for numerical work)
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Date: 4 Dec 90 04:19:16 GMT
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gt4512c@prism.gatech.EDU (BRADBERRY,JOHN L) writes:

> Many who
>have programmed in other languages for years don't want to be forced
>to 're-think' their programming style to suit a language. However, the
>fact that one HAS programmed for years in a language is perhaps a good
>reason to take a step back and consider some alternative methods. It's
>too bad that it takes more time than many are willing to invest...

Hear, hear!  Exposure to different languages is 
a tremendous benefit.  Learning Lisp and C++ gave
me a whole new outlook on programming; being able
to think in a different language, as it were, has
helped me to do things in C that I probably wouldn't
have been able to do otherwise.  (Learning Forth, on
the other hand, gave me some *really* nasty programming
habits for a period of time, but I'm over that now :-)


--Joe English

  jeenglis@alcor.usc.edu


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