should i learn it first ?

[phil hunt]

On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 12:18:11 +1100, Patrick <netlangau at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>If two people of equal ability started programming today, one learning C and
>Python, the other learning C++, I'd wager that the C/Python guy will be
>running conceptual rings around the C++ guy 12 months from now. Power in a
>language is all about being able to express your most complex thoughts with
>as few arbitrary difficulties as possible. Some languages help. Some hinder.

This is all true.

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advantageous for him to believe." 
                        -- Alison Brooks, referring to Michael
                              Portillo, on soc.history.what-if