Hi everyone. Thanks for all of your comments. I just want to quickly elaborate on why I'm doing this and what I'm trying to do with this project:
I am not trying to start a flamewar, annoy programmers, or hog attention.
I am not aiming to master any of these languages after only a week. I'm not even trying to get "okay" at any of them.
All I'm trying to get out of this project is a more broad understanding of the languages that are out there, and what, in a very general sense, each language is good for.
My thought is that if I can get even one cool new idea or concept out of each week's programming language (like functional programming concepts from this week's foray into Haskell), I'll consider this project a success. Also, it will allow me in future to be able to quickly reference a new language if I need it for something I'm working on (not necessarily remember any syntax or anything, but at least to save myself some googling time).
Thanks for your interest.
Sincerely, Charles Dawson
Slashdot Mirror
I didn't post this. I came home from school and started wondering why I was getting so much traffic, and found this post in the referrals tab.
Hi everyone. Thanks for all of your comments. I just want to quickly elaborate on why I'm doing this and what I'm trying to do with this project: I am not trying to start a flamewar, annoy programmers, or hog attention. I am not aiming to master any of these languages after only a week. I'm not even trying to get "okay" at any of them. All I'm trying to get out of this project is a more broad understanding of the languages that are out there, and what, in a very general sense, each language is good for. My thought is that if I can get even one cool new idea or concept out of each week's programming language (like functional programming concepts from this week's foray into Haskell), I'll consider this project a success. Also, it will allow me in future to be able to quickly reference a new language if I need it for something I'm working on (not necessarily remember any syntax or anything, but at least to save myself some googling time). Thanks for your interest. Sincerely, Charles Dawson