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julesh

After not learning a new programming language since like 2010, in 2024 I learned both Python and Idris, and unexpectedly I have also made a start on learning Rust before the year technically ended

@julesh And in in 2010 what language did you learn?

@julesh And not Lean? It seems that everybody learns Lean nowadays.

@fl Nah, I have basically no interest at all in theorem provers

@julesh Lean can't be used as a programming language?

@fl I'm sure it can be, I don't really know anything about it but I guess it's a bad idea, similarly Idris could in principle be used as a proof assistant but it would be the wrong tool for the job

@julesh Thank you for the answer.

@julesh
Yay! Python is the easiest language I ever learned, Rust among the hardest. I haven't tried Idris yet