Right now I'm stuck on whether to go with learning Russian or learning one of the programming languages Python and Java. Russian seems to be the best language to learn when one factors in difficulty, as it is not too hard like Mandarin but not too easy like French either. I would hope to either become a translator or just steal English language web content and post it in .ru and make money online that way. But then I wonder how viable such may be, if Google translation improves. With Python and Java they also are not too difficult or easy, but I am concerned that I would hate to be a programmer (no offense).
So my question is, if you could go back in time to the day you settled down to learn programming, knowing what you know now, would you choose to learn programming or would you switch to learning Russian?
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Anonymous2019-07-17 9:16
I tried learning Russian and I had my hard drive wiped. Beware.
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Anonymous2019-07-17 9:31
Why not learn both Russian and programming?
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Anonymous2019-07-17 9:38
You can learn both Python and Java in less time than it would take you to learn to read Cyrillic. These are not equivalent challenges.
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Anonymous2019-07-17 10:05
What does "learn python" even mean? Language? Writing clean idiomatic code? I work in python professionally 5+ years (~12 years if I count since I've begun to code in python for fun) and I have still much to learn in terms of how to do clean maintainable software _specifically in python_. For example in contrast with java, you don't need most of the design patterns, because they are somehow built into the language. And as someone who also coded in Java, I can safely say that you need to unlearn good deal of java mindset before you can do clean python.
Off course learning just basics of syntax and stdlib is quick, but that's equivalent of learning just Cyrillic, compared to speaking fluently and writing books in Russian.
Russian AI version RuAi026A on Tue Jul 16 20:29:40 PDT 2019 Ум робота: Я ПОНИМАЮ ТЕБЯ [Mind of robot: I understand you.] Человек: кто читает книги [Human: Who reads books?]
Ум робота: СТУДЕНТЫ ЧИТАЮТ КНИГИ [Mind of robot: Students read books.] Человек:
Ум робота: Человек: кто делает работу [Human: Who does the work?]
Ум робота: Я НЕ ЗНАЮ [Mind of robot: I do not know.]
Learn Sanskrit, as it is now even being used as a computer programing language by NASA. This cannot be said for any other languages such as Russian, English.
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Anonymous2019-07-17 13:43
Learn VHDL, then have an FPGA learn sanskrit. Hack NASA.
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Anonymous2019-07-17 13:51
Read SICP.
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Anonymous2019-07-18 1:46
'-._ ___.....___ `.__ ,-' ,-.`-, HAVE YOU READ `''-------' ( p ) `._ YOUR COMPLETE SANSKRIT `-' ( TODAY? \ . \ \---..,--' ................._ --...--, `-.._ _.-' `'-----''
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Anonymous2019-07-18 1:52
>>5 You sound like you're bad at your job, to be honest.
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Anonymous2019-07-18 23:56
Learn lisp, write an AI that can write VHDL, with that make an FPGA that learns sanskrit. Hack the NASA hackers.
>>13 What is ``ancient Latin'' even? Ancient Greek is a thing, and Old Latin exists, but ``students of Latin'' don't learn Old Latin. This looks like it's trying to be Classical Latin, but the grammar is atrocious. I wish people would actually believe that Latin (any stage of Latin) doesn't have yes or no. The correct answer to Legitne Marcus libros? isn't sic or non, it's Legit or Non legit.
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Anonymous2019-07-19 7:04
``Ancient latin'' == lisp from 1998.
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Anonymous2019-07-19 12:31
Monetize your hobbies like a good little drone, the capitalist ruling class are sure to accept you as one of their own soon.
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Anonymous2019-07-19 12:52
My only hobby is making $$$. Grow up, little ones.