I've historically always tried to stick to one or two big languages, because as soon as I start deviating even for a week, I go back to my primaries and find that I, humiliatingly, have forgotten things that anyone else would be completely incapable of forgetting. Now, I'm going to be learning assembly, since that kind of thing falls in line with my interests, and I'm concerned about forgetting big chunks of C while I learn. I already often have the standard open in a tab constantly despite using C since 2012, so my question is, how do you guys who are fluent in multiple languages manage to remember them? Have you been using both for almost forever? Are you all just mediocre in multiple languages rather than pro in one or two?
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Monday April 07 2014, @06:06PM
I haven't done any real programming at all for a decade. Knowing more than one language never hampered abilities in other languages provided you use them. Rust never sleeps.
Ten years ago I was using both javascript and Clipper for various projects at work, but using both almost daily. Now? Last year I dug up a fifteen year old page from my old web site and couldn't get the javascript to work for the life of me. It used to be easy.
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