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bss03@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Why?

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  • bss03@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I wish I learned the lessons from that language 12 years earlier than I did. I still prefer to write personal code in that family of languages, and it made me a better coder even in Java, JavaScript, Python, even C.

    Also, that year is actually the first year it was available and my first year in college; it might have focused me enough to actually go to grad school and start a PL research career. I don’t know if that would be better, but it would be different.

    The people calling out BTC is also a pretty good idea, but I made a little money on BTC, and I’m not sure too much more money would be a positive change in my life. It could be, but I think it might have made me more covetous and more isolated.

    But, I often choose to program instead of playing video games these days, so it’s clearly something I enjoy, even if I don’t currently monetize it.

    Thanks for asking.

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