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by 1vuio0pswjnm7 1698 days ago
"The best way to learn a new programming language, just like a human language, is from example."

Certainly this is how I learn. Much more immediately useful than voluminous documentation.

However I am not sure every language has a standard library.

For example, Lua.

Also not sure every standard library is a model to follow.

For example, where feasible, I try to use and learn from djb's C functions instead of the "C standard library" ones.