Learning New Programming Languages
March 19th, 2008 | Scala
Dr. Dobb’s has a post up on their Code Talk section from Christopher Diggins recommending which Programming Languages to learn in which order. The point is to learn languages with different sets of features so you can deepen your understanding of programming in the least amount of time possible. Christopher then recommends that if you only have time to learn one new language this year, that language should be Scala as it provides many of the best features from a wide variety of other programming languages.
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