From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   On 11/5/2025 4:19 PM, Don Y wrote:   
   > I also see lots of "courses" devoted to different programming languages.   
   > I had to learn whatever language THIS professor chose for his class   
   > while learning the material *in* the class (why the big deal over   
   > different languages???)   
      
   E.g., I might be writing code in LISP in a 10AM class, PL/1 at 11A,   
   Algol 68 after lunch and RATFOR after that.  The classes for the next   
   year might use C, SNOBOL and ML.   
      
   No one complained about this as being an excessive burden;   
   they're all just programming languages, right?  Different syntax...   
      
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