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I got pointed to this post about how to learn programming. My favourite section was where he talked about programming languages:

Learn at least a half dozen programming languages. Include one language that supports class abstractions (like Java or C++), one that supports functional abstraction (like Lisp or ML), one that supports syntactic abstraction (like Lisp), one that supports declarative specifications (like Prolog or C++ templates), one that supports coroutines (like Icon or Scheme), and one that supports parallelism (like Sisal).

I’ve got some stuff to learn.

And by the way, I was referred to this by this essay by Eric S. Raymond. Which says a few neat things – but like most people I find that ESR just bugs the heck out of me half the time.