Re: alternate language

2006-12-15 Thread Florian Diesch
Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what is a good alternate language to learn? i just want something to expand my mind and hopefully reduce or delay any chance of alzheimer's. i would especially like to hear from those of you who learned python _before_ these languages. haskell, erlang, ocaml

Re: alternate language

2006-12-12 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what is a good alternate language to learn? i just want something to expand my mind and hopefully reduce or delay any chance of alzheimer's. i would especially like to hear from those of you who learned python _before_ these languages. haskell, erlang, ocaml

Re: alternate language

2006-12-11 Thread Lou Pecora
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what is a good alternate language to learn? i just want something to expand my mind and hopefully reduce or delay any chance of alzheimer's. i would especially like to hear from those of you who learned python _before_

Re: alternate language

2006-12-11 Thread Aahz
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lou Pecora [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what is a good alternate language to learn? i just want something to expand my mind and hopefully reduce or delay any chance of alzheimer's. i would especially like

Re: alternate language

2006-12-11 Thread Lou Pecora
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aahz) wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lou Pecora [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what is a good alternate language to learn? i just want something to expand my mind

Re: alternate language

2006-12-11 Thread Michele Simionato
Bryan wrote: what is a good alternate language to learn? i just want something to expand my mind and hopefully reduce or delay any chance of alzheimer's. i would especially like to hear from those of you who learned python _before_ these languages. haskell, erlang, ocaml, mozart/oz, rebel

Re: alternate language

2006-12-11 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2006-12-11, Aahz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Um... I think the original poster is saying that he already knows Python and wants to learn another language. He particularly wants opinions from other people who have learned these languages *after* learning Python. There are people who learn

Re: alternate language

2006-12-11 Thread Aahz
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2006-12-11, Aahz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Um... I think the original poster is saying that he already knows Python and wants to learn another language. He particularly wants opinions from other people who have learned

Re: alternate language

2006-12-11 Thread Pekka Karjalainen
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Aahz wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2006-12-11, Aahz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Um... I think the original poster is saying that he already knows Python and wants to learn another language. He particularly wants

Re: alternate language

2006-12-11 Thread Pekka Karjalainen
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Pekka Karjalainen wrote: nothing Sorry, I messed up the attribution when editing and decided not to post. Accidentally did post an empty message anyway. I was going to recommend Haskell for the original poster too, and I wanted to answer that I did indeed (start to)

Re: alternate language

2006-12-11 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2006-12-11, Aahz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Um... I think the original poster is saying that he already knows Python and wants to learn another language. He particularly wants opinions from other people who have learned these languages *after*

Re: alternate language

2006-12-11 Thread Aahz
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2006-12-11, Aahz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are people who learn another language after learning Python?? Heh. Taking your post more seriously than it deserves, It was

alternate language

2006-12-10 Thread Bryan
what is a good alternate language to learn? i just want something to expand my mind and hopefully reduce or delay any chance of alzheimer's. i would especially like to hear from those of you who learned python _before_ these languages. haskell, erlang, ocaml, mozart/oz, rebel, etc. i don't