Mitch Pirtle wrote:
Just like all other languages, there are nuances of performance, security and such that can only be learned by doing. So rolling up your sleeves and diving in might be the fastest way to get you on the road, so to speak.
That's the best way to learn: by throwing yourself into the deep end of the pool, hopefully on a project for yourself, not a client.
I started programming with 6502 assembler. My initial deep-end project was reprogramming the fader ballistics for my recording studio's console, which was automated by an Apple II.
I've learned six languages, not including SQL, programming the same tree-structured BBS in my spare time: 8088/86 assembler, AT&T "portable C", Tandem BASIC, C++, Perl and eventually PHP. One of these days I'll finish it.
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