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Is there any use in learning an "easy" programming language? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works to c/programming@programming.dev

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I have been thinking of learning some programming recently, but I don't feel confident enough. Is there any point in beginning with something like Zig or Go, and switching to something more serious later?

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[–] sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I learned with python and switched to rust when that started to piss me off. It'll be awhile until you know enough about why you want a different language for a task. Until then, python and JavaScript are totally fine; you may never even need to leave those ecosystems depending on what you want to do.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

The thing about Python is, it's a smartass. Treat it like a smartass and it'll get shit done, because someone who is a smartass already wrote what you want to do in C, you just have to call it by name.