Quite interested in this. Somehow doubt I’ll keep to the timeline, nor learn them in any serious depth, but as a tasting platter of a bunch of languages from different families I am considering it. Not sure of the whole beta book thing though. Guess it depends on just how “beta” the content is that they release.
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imho this is nonsense. Why would one wanted to do that? Programming languages are – unlike real languages – not to communicate, they are to solve problems. If there is a problem I cannot solve with any of the languages I know, then I might look in an other one …
Wow, I’m surprised at your answer Olaf. Why would one want to do that? Well, to learn, for one. It’s a worthy goal in itself I think. Secondly, I’ve often found that learning something about a different programming approach can make you a better developer in your main language.
I’m under no illusions that this book would make me productive in these languages. But as a sampler to get a high-level understanding I think it could be interesting.
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