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by cbm-vic-20 1222 days ago
Right. The languages themselves are usually pretty straightforward; 80% of them have a "common DNA" as most other languages, which an experienced programmer can pick up quickly. The ecosystems, on the other hand, have a lot less commonality, though more recent languages like Rust and Go are bundling more of that stuff so it's less chaotic than C and JavaScript.