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| From | Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> |
| Newsgroups | comp.programming |
| Subject | Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? |
| Date | Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:47:13 +0000 |
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fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> writes: (snip) >> In a nutshell: you do end up knowing some things narrowly, but once you >> know a few different kinds of things, each extra thing is less and less >> extra effort (snip) > this is common opinion, but is it really true? (snip) Well, I just gave the example of writing some more Python last week despite never even having taken a week out to sit down and study it (much as I might like to). So, I think it is. Of course, mostly one is paid for getting things working, not for deep knowledge. Still, a lot of habits that encourage maintainability (good naming, good separation of concerns, etc.) are quite transferable. -- Mark
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is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-02-25 05:58 -0800
Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-25 16:46 +0000
Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 04:31 -0800
Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-02-26 12:48 +0000
Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 05:33 -0800
Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2015-02-26 13:47 +0000
Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2015-02-26 13:11 +0000
Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 05:45 -0800
Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2015-02-26 13:56 +0000
Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 06:20 -0800
Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2015-02-26 14:47 +0000
Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 07:17 -0800
Re: is it better to learn a couple of platforms/technologies or just one? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 07:30 -0800
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