ciphergoth comments on Open Thread: March 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ciphergoth 02 March 2010 01:41:04PM 5 points [-]

I think the path outlined in ESR's How to Become a Hacker is pretty good. Python is in my opinion far and away the best choice as a first language, but Haskell as a second or subsequent language isn't a bad idea at all. Perl is no longer important; you probably need never learn it.