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    Learning 2 Languages?

    Is it a good idea to learn two programming languages the same time?
    I was thinking of in addition with C++ to start learn also Python. Does it make sense ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greek_89
    Is it a good idea to learn two programming languages the same time?
    I was thinking of in addition with C++ to start learn also Python. Does it make sense ?
    Since you asked, I give "no" as the answer: you probably lack the skill and experience to tackle learning two programming languages from scratch at the same time. Otherwise, you would have confidently started without bothering to ask.
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    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    After all, Python is a scripting language while C++ is compilable. There are considerable differenses between them apart from that alone.
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    Try learning C++ and Java! They're very similar, although there are some major differences.
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    u shud better concentrate in c/c++ as they are the core languages!!!
    it may help u excel in other languages too....

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    Quote Originally Posted by krishnapollu View Post
    ... c/c++ ... core languages!!!
    That depends on what you're going to do.
    For some, C may be useless and a pain to learn for no gain.
    Learn what you want, or just learn everything for the sake of it. Helps when it comes to jobs.
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    Learn every language you can get your hands on. You will be more marketable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dino View Post
    Learn every language you can get your hands on. You will be more marketable.
    I don't think I'd advise that to everyone though. True, we need some general purpose developers that know a bit about many different languages, but we also need some expert developers that know 1 or 2 languages extremely well.
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    I think that it is good to be a jack of all trades as long as you are also a master of at least one. But the question is not whether Greek_89 should learn two programming languages. The question is whether Greek_89 should learn two programming languages at the same time, when apparently he/she would be starting from scratch with those two programming languages at all, and possibly has no prior programming experience at all, though these are just my guesses.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    I would recommend English grammar.

    But yes, it's perfectly fine. So long as you are already familiar with programming style.

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