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Jeffrey R. Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> wrote:
> 
> We're all 25 in our minds.
> 

I have an interest in computing history from when the transistor phase began,
specifically regarding programming languages and their development, so I have
tried over the course of my almost-concluded undergraduate studies to expose
myself to them, but I have to say that my college is getting in my way. I go
to a urban, state university in TN, so it's not entirely concerned with the
caliber of CSci teaching they're imparting on us, unfortunately. Basically,
it's 50% Java-mill/webdev mill, training us to be code monkeys, 40% academic
CSci theory taught with Python, and 10% of all the other stuff.

>
> That's a good starting list.  No functional languages tho.
>

In my own personal time I am very familiar with LISP. I use Emacs and I've
done some tweaks customization to it, so I'm reasonably familiar with ELisp,
and truly the first programming language I ever made useful code in was CLisp,
so I have had a rather bizarre start I think. I don't personally enjoy Java
because of the intense OOP concepts, but I concede they are the predominant
programming/software engineering selling point now, so I know it.