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Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:13:59 +0100
Subject: Re: Number of languages known [was Re: Python is readable] - somewhat OT
From: Tim Rowe <digitig@gmail.com>
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On 22 March 2012 19:14, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:

> In any case, though, I agree that there's a lot of people
> professionally writing code who would know about the 3-4 that you say.
> I'm just not sure that they're any good at coding, even in those few
> languages. All the best people I've ever known have had experience
> with quite a lot of languages.

I know 10 languages. But I'm not telling you what base that number is :)

-- 
Tim Rowe