Jul-18-2018, 06:04 PM
How long did it take me? Well, I already knew two or three different languages at the time, so it took about a weekend to know enough Python to make things.
Learning the base programming concepts (variables, loops, functions, etc) is what takes time. Once you know that, then "learning the language" is sometimes as easy as looking up how that particular language does it.
Once you know how to ride a bike, learning how to ride a bike that has a cargo basket over the rear tire doesn't take very long.
That said, languages fall into a couple categories. Lisp, for example, is radically different from most other languages, and a lot of what you know about other languages doesn't translate well to it. (...I'm planning on learning lisp this year)
Learning the base programming concepts (variables, loops, functions, etc) is what takes time. Once you know that, then "learning the language" is sometimes as easy as looking up how that particular language does it.
Once you know how to ride a bike, learning how to ride a bike that has a cargo basket over the rear tire doesn't take very long.
That said, languages fall into a couple categories. Lisp, for example, is radically different from most other languages, and a lot of what you know about other languages doesn't translate well to it. (...I'm planning on learning lisp this year)