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by freework 4903 days ago
This describes why I have such a hard time learning new languages. I want to learn Haskell, but I always end up giving up, because whatever I'm trying to do in Haskell, I can do in Python very easily.
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So you will never dare to lose sight of shore to reach new lands?
Why search for new land when you have no need to leave the land you're already on?
I thought you recognized such a need by wanting to learn a new language and ideas..

I did Python for 7 years before I realized Haskell had huge advantages I find very important and it took an extra two years of gradual transition until I had dropped Python completely.