geremy condra <debat...@gmail.com> writes: > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:58 AM, Josef Tupag <joseftu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I've been programming (when I do program) mainly in Perl for the last 10 >> years or so. But I've been itching to learn a new language for a while now, >> and the two near the top of the list are Ruby and Python. > > My advice is to learn something *really different* while you've got the itch. > Work with Forth or (my favorite non-Python language) Haskell for six > months and then come back to things like Python or Ruby- IME it helps > to highlight where there are actual differences between languages and > where there's just minor variations in approach.
Good advice. While I have been exposed to functional programming 16+ years ago, I am reading up on Haskell, and learing a bit of Lisp (Emacs Lisp). -- John Bokma j3b Hacking & Hiking in Mexico - http://johnbokma.com/ http://castleamber.com/ - Perl & Python Development -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list