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From: libes@nbs-amrf.UUCP (Don Libes)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Re: Languages learned first
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Date: Tue, 13-Jan-87 11:35:14 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 13 11:35:14 1987
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> >>                       ... What Wirth and no one else probably didn't
> >>realize is that the language you learn first is the one you know best and
> >>the one you prefer...
> >
> >For me it was the language I learned 4th that I like best (and 
>
>   Of course not everyone is like this. Some people may accept one or two
> changes of paradigm before they stiffen into something. Some are even more
> open for new influences. And specially; they are not satisfied with what
> they have right now, they want better things. 

I don't agree with any of you.

I've learned many languages.  After some initial courtships (no
names, sorry) I gave up falling in love with every new one that
came along.  I have yet to be satisfied by any language, and don't
expect to be in the future.

However that doesn't mean I don't have as good a time as possible
with any language that seems appropriate to the time and place.

Don Libes        {seismo,mimsy}!nbs-amrf!libes