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by clark-kent 5006 days ago
Yes this was how I learnt programming. When I was learning programming I found some concepts easier to learn in one language than the other. It wasn't about mastering any language at that stage, it was about understanding different concepts. Some languages implement certain ideas better than others.

I started with QBASIC, then went to PASCAL,C,C++. When Java came out it made me understand C++ a lot better. Java had a cleaner implementation of the concepts.

Since I started programming in Ruby, it has made me understand Javascript in a way I never did before.