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Scheme can indeed be learned in a day, if you understand the programming model.

And my standards for a programming language's learning curve applies to experienced programmers. It's just a happy coincidence that python offers a gentle learning curve for new programmers as well.



And wrestling alligators can be learned in five minutes if you already know how to wrestle crocodiles.

> if you understand the programming model

Right, learning the syntax of a programming is easy and quick, if you already understand the programming model.

I argue that it is difficult to learn new programming models in general.


> Right, learning the syntax of a programming is easy and quick, if you already understand the programming model.

Or at least, it should be. Hence my criticism of Perl.




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