Start learning at 50

I’ve always wanted to learn programming. I’ve read a blog post saying that at this age it was to late . Then I read a post here in saying the opposite. I’ve found a site that was learn x in y minutes where it has a bunch of languages there. After reading them, the languages that caught my attention were Julia, Clojure and Go. Are any of these good for a beginner or should I start with something else? I know what are variables, can spot an if/else statement but that’s about it. What are some good resources for someone like me who likes to learn by doing things?

  • onlinepersona@programming.devEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I don’t know Julia, but Clojure and Go use two different programming paradigms (functional vs imperative). They are two different ways to think about programming. Which one you pick depends on what you feel comfortable with.

    What I’d recommend is to find a free, online course or tutorial for the languages you’d like to learn and just give a go!

    Otherwise, Python is quite the easy language to learn first. It’s nearly as if someone wrote pseudo code on a napkin and said “this should be able to run on my PC”.

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