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692 points rudedogg | 2 comments | 16 Nov 25 19:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.018s | source
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jimmytucson ◴[17 Nov 25 03:57 UTC] No.45950733[source]▶
> [Learning Zig] is about fundamentally changing how you think about software.

Learning LISP, Fortran, APL, Perl, or really any language that is different from what you’re used to, will also do this for you.

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userbinator ◴[17 Nov 25 06:19 UTC] No.45951242[source]▶
I'd add Prolog to that list; but Fortran and Perl aren't all that different from other procedural languages.
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1. pjmlp ◴[17 Nov 25 07:27 UTC] No.45951529[source]▶
Kind of, Perl was one of the first languages to bring FP to the masses, while Lisp and ML languages were hardly looked up by them.

See https://hop.perl.plover.com/book/

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2. ◴[17 Nov 25 07:29 UTC] No.45951543[source]▶