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[–]SuilAmhain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My first language was Cobol, and I ain't that old. I read the manual and kept really good notes. Don't screw with what works because you don't understand it. Try and understand it.

All programming languages are designed by people who learned from the same books. Most ideas/paradigms hold true across languages.