In the 70's, in high school, I taught myself APL (mostly TOPS-10 APL SF and a bit of IBM APL SV) well enough to grasp the fundamental functional approach and write real programs (and the obligatory game of life in 1 line :-)) At the time I was also using PL/I and the difference was mind expanding.
I'm quite sure I don't have an 30 extra IQ points. Mostly I was just mildly obsessed (and these days I find persistence is a workable substitute).
It is incredibly valuable to have experience across the range of programming paradigms.
I'm quite sure I don't have an 30 extra IQ points. Mostly I was just mildly obsessed (and these days I find persistence is a workable substitute).
It is incredibly valuable to have experience across the range of programming paradigms.