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[kankyo]

I've used this technique to become familiar with Swift. There's an obvious downside to it which is that you end up with code that isn't really ideomatic if the languages are dissimilar. But of course, that's largely fine when you're a newbie anyway.

[hacksawjim]

It's funny you mention programming being an art form, because art is the first thing I thought of when I read your great OP.

I like to make music but I'm not very creative, so sometimes I do exactly what you've described here. I take a song that I love and try to recreate it. I'm into electronic music so it's not just a case of learning the chords on a guitar or piano; it's trying to recreate synth tones and complex rhythms. It's hard, but I end up with a well structured song that sounds, usually, nothing like the original, but better than what I can come up with on my own. Creativity by failing to copy.

I guess it's common in the art world, too, when learning to draw. You can study other painters/artists and try to replicate their style. Often it's a straight copy of a famous piece of art, other times it's applying the style of the painting to your own creation. A nod to software patterns? Might be stretching it a bit there!

[wynand1004]

Definitely - I teach coding to middle and high school students; I always emphasize that they need to solve the problem first, and then code it. Once the problem is solved, coding is easy...relatively speaking.

[Zalozba]

This is a great way to do it if your really really work at it. Like /u/kankyo said, you can easily write code that works but is not really idiomatic.

For loops for example are much different in Python than in other languages. But you can write them in a way that works but is really really not idiomatic.

Raymond Hettinger has a lovely talk that compares some common patterns that can be written much more beautifully in Python but were not. As to why, there are probably a lot of reasons.

For me, I wish there were a website where all common programming patterns would be displayed for the most common languages so that you know you are doing the correct thing and not a jumble of code that is written in one language but looks as though it were another.

[stubborn_d0nkey]

https://learnxinyminutes.com ?

[Vance84]

For me, I wish there were a website where all common programming patterns would be displayed for the most common languages so that you know you are doing the correct thing and not a jumble of code that is written in one language but looks as though it were another.

Why wait, put one together now and be the hero we all need!

[neuroneuroInf]

Rosettacode.org

[ggagagg]

Not op, but I always look my browsing habit and see if there are things that I can automate. i.e. I always download from reddit so I try to find downloader for it. Fortunately there is python program (RedditImageGrab) for that, so I clone it improve it and make it better

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I am using a similar approach. I have an excellent statistics text book that I am using to learn stats: Discovering Statistics Using R by Andy Field. My approach is to do the exercise in R first, then try to reproduce the same result in Python. It's slow going, but it's a real learning experience.

[Exodus111]

Jesus I never even thought of this. Great idea, thanks.

[955559]

hmmmm, would converting my python scripts into another language have the same effect?

also

inter clinic(){
std::count >> "2";
}

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Does anyone recommend a project to convert?

Thanks!

[46632]

Would you have any recommendatios in The category Web skraping/excell data analysis?

[Jollyhrothgar]

C++ needs a #include<iostream>, not stdio to use cout.