nemesis wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> nemesis wrote:
>>> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>>>> andrel wrote:
>>>>> at least three or four different languages.
>>>> Noting that C, C++, C#, Java, and Pascal are all "the same language" for
>>>> these purposes. ;-)
>>> they are all Algol.
>> Basically, yes.  Altho I'd say OO, and maybe some of the stuff in Ada are
>> things you should know about algol-like languages.
>>
>> You should also learn APL, LISP, Prolog, Erlang, Eiffel, and some machine code.
> 
> I'd put Perl and Haskell into the mix too.

Yeah, I was trying to remember some of the others. Something perl-like, 
certanily (python, Perl, bash, Tcl, etc).  FORTH.  Haskell or some other 
very functional language, for sure.

The thing about APL, LISP, FORTH, and Tcl is they're all simple enough that 
once you have a few under your belt, you can learn them well enough to 
understand the principles rather easily, even if it's not obvious the best 
way to write large programs.  Of course, writing large programs is where 
having the alternate paradigms can shine (or collapse), so that might not be 
a recommendation there.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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