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Have you started learning a new language in the last 6 months?   [Edit]

Survey period: 14 Mar 2005 to 20 Mar 2005

(suggested by Krissh)

OptionVotes% 
Yes, and am now proficient in it22318.77
Yes, still at it39333.08
Yes, but I gave up564.71
No51643.43



 
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Don Clugston16-Mar-05 12:16
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>What do consider to be a different language?

This is a very interesting question.

The first phase of the language wars was won convincingly by ANSI C. Almost every other language from before that time changed so that it looked more like C. C++ gradually took over, but has never been as dominant as C was.

I believe that modern C++ (especially with templates) is a very different language to basic C++. In fact, traditional C++ is arguably more similar to C# and Java than it is to modern C++, because modern C++ has been so influenced by functional programming languages.

Something that really annoys me about Microsoft's .NET propaganda is that they exaggerate the differences between the .NET languages. VB.NET and C# are really the same language, spelt differently. (VB.NET is just more verbose and ugly. However, it is a completely different language to BASIC).

You can tell you have a new language when you have to think differently. If you haven't had to learn any new concepts, it's the same language. If there are only a few new concepts, it's probably a dialect.

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