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by ato42 3586 days ago
For me, the hardest part is not about learning the syntax of a new language (you can easily have a preview with resources like Learn X in Y minutes and then make analogies with others). The tough part is understanding the philosophy of the language and the kind of problems it's aimed to solve. I generally learn new languages when I try to solve problems i've never been in front of, and usually the docs help me a lot.