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Comment author: MBlume 29 May 2012 11:26:13PM 7 points [-]

Note that if you intend to learn a bunch of languages, starting from a linux box means that "first install the compiler" is just "sudo apt-get install haskell-platform", or for Python, a no-op

Comment author: lsparrish 30 May 2012 01:40:12AM 2 points [-]

This is a good point. Being on Linux as a starting point eliminates a lot of trivial inconveniences to programming. For example, it's simple to clone a git repo. Also you're more likely to actually use the command line for everyday stuff, which automatically teaches some aspects of programming.