[I wonder if this is a personal watershed for Hacker News?]
These languages are essentially the same thing. I often write code in at least 3 of these languages most days, and I simply translate the minor differences between them in my head.
"Hyperpolyglot" -- excess in many tongues -- I don't think so.
Learn at least some static languages, assembler and some functional languages, and then post something interesting on HN.
Was that in response to his exhortation to learn different languages, or do you actually believe that Perl and its self-proclaimed successors have any profound differences?
Yeah, that was the first point. You can see a lot more variety of comparisons in the main page. The categories are a bit odd at times, but it's a good stab at being representative.
These languages are essentially the same thing. I often write code in at least 3 of these languages most days, and I simply translate the minor differences between them in my head.
"Hyperpolyglot" -- excess in many tongues -- I don't think so.
Learn at least some static languages, assembler and some functional languages, and then post something interesting on HN.
Well, I have plenty of karma to waste on noobs.