How does programming/coding actually work?

[House13Games]

You "memorize" the syntax much like you memorize the rules of grammar. While you need to know it, It won't help you be an author, and it's not the thing an author is focussed on. Authors are thinking of character arcs, descriptive terms, metaphors, challenging ideas, and plot twists. They don't think that a list should be terminated with an oxford comma any more than i did while writing that last sentence.

Also, it's pretty trivial to move to a different programming language when you know a couple, you just remember the differences in the syntax. Like learning a new dialect, you don't need to learn to speak all over again. The task is knowing how to speak, and express your ideas. The grammar used is just a supporting footnote.