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0 pointsmalfist1y ago0 comments

But you're building on the context of knowing a different language.

Picking up the second, fifth, or nth language is easy, as long as it isn't the first one.

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The second one actually seems to be harder for some people. It requires separating the syntax from the semantics

Agreed on all further ones, however

What makes you say that? I learned HTML using Notepad and Netscape. I had a single semester as senior in high school that taught PASCAL, but that was 7 years prior. Not really sure how that helped in the slightest.

I don't feel this is any different from someone that might have taken a class that taught HTML/JS/CSS except for that would actually be learning directly applicable to today. If that type of person jumped into a bootcamp, I feel like that would be similar to anything I experienced if not better. The internet is a thing now so there is so much more access to anything I had.

mulmen1y ago

I strongly disagree with this. It’s more like languages hit a common wavelength. Sometimes it makes sense, sometimes it doesn’t.

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