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learningNewProgrammingLanguages.md

Five Different Things(to consider while learning new programming languages)

Syntax: How do you write language constructs?
Semantics: What do programs mean? (Evaluation rules)
Idioms: What are typical patterns for using language features to express your computation?
Libraries: What facilities does the language (or a well-known project provide "standard"? (E.g., file access, data structures)
Tools: What do language implementations provide to make your job easier? (E.g., REPL, debugger, code formatter, ...)

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