On 28 April 2010 08:09, Wildam Martin <mwil...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 00:16, twitter.com/nfma > <nuno.filipe.marq...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In my experience, the "horizon widening" was big enough to pay off for > every > > second I spent learning new languages. > > I am curious how you measure that. ;-) - But in general I can't see > that BIG differences between new languages. But maybe this is due to > the fact that I learned already about 12 programming languages and > whatever new language I face, I can see mostly elements I already > know. >
It's not a scientific measure but every language I've learned so far had some things in common with others but other stuff which was completely new and made me look at problems/solutions in a different way. They definitely influenced the way I code in the languages I use most. > > > > If I had more time, I would, definitely, play with a lot more... > > If I would live in the realm eternity I wouldn't hesitate learning new > stuff. But fact is: Everybody wants to have finished his stuff > yesterday. ;-) > It's a trade-off, that's why one language per year it's not so bad to accomplish and still leaves you enough room to try other stuff. > > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 00:41, Steve <stephen.a.lind...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Productivity gains are not the only reason to learn a new language > > though, seeing how common problems are solved idiomatically in other > > languages can make you a better programmer in the languages you are > > already familiar in. > > Agree. But this does not apply for programming languages only - watch > that video to get an idea: > > http://www.ted.com/talks/nathan_myhrvold_on_archeology_animal_photography_bbq.html > So maybe, after you learned a few programming languages it gives you > more horizon widening learning something completely different. In a > lot of sciences for example people can learn from animals/biology. > You don't have to put all the eggs in the same basket. I also read about psychology, economy, environment, art, architecture, etc... but in my experience the amount of ideas that I take from other subjects are not as many as I take from within IT, though when you combine ideas from different fields you may get something that is completely new and innovative. > > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 07:06, Jan Goyvaerts <java.arti...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > And what about just being curious how things work in the other languages > ? > > I am known as a curious person, but I in general I am not curious for > the sake of being curious. I want to solve problems and get things > done - that is the basic idea behind. Although I admit, that you could > say now: "So for the sake of getting things done you try to get things > done" ;-) > I guess that's probably a personality trait, there are people that are mostly builders, others are mostly learners. I'm mostly a learner, you're possibly more of a builder. I think none is better than the other, just two different ways to approach things. Nuno > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
