Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998) (norvig.com)

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Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998)(norvig.com)

535 points by janchorowski 2 years ago | 281 comments

Peter Norvig's classic essay arguing that becoming a skilled programmer takes about ten years of deliberate practice, not 24 hours or 21 days.

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Teach yourself programming in ten years (1998)(norvig.com)

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Screenshot of madhadron.com: The seven programming ur-languages (2022)

The seven programming ur-languages (2022)(madhadron.com)

321 points by helloplanets 6 months ago | 123 comments

Essay on the madhadron blog arguing programming languages descend from seven fundamental 'ur-languages' that learners should explore instead of similar mainstream languages.

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Screenshot of madhadron.com: The seven programming ur-languages (2021)

The seven programming ur-languages (2021)(madhadron.com)

320 points by surprisetalk 3 years ago | 167 comments

An essay on the madhadron blog arguing that programming languages descend from seven fundamental 'ur-languages' that learners should explore, rather than near-identical mainstream ones.

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