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If you can learn another language, then you can learn computer programming? True or false?

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by canoeguide on November 20th, 2011

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The two have no direct relation. Spoken language is quite unlike programming language.
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  by Mister_Bromyde on November 20th, 2011
- Actually, my comment should have been worded the other way 'round, since spoken language is zillions of times older than programming language. But you get my point.
  
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  by canoeguide on November 20th, 2011
- Programming languages follow a structured set of logical rules, and most computer languages are based on English.
  
  You're learning the logic, the patterns of thinking, rather than words that are completely strange to you.
  
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  by ErgoStep - Millionaire Websites on November 20th, 2011
- Programming requires logic (spoken language is often highly idiomatic) and that is a strange country for many folks! :) YMMV
  
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  by canoeguide on November 20th, 2011
- It is a strange idea to have a statement that means exactly one thing. Lines and lines and lines of code that can be interpreted in only one way.
  
  I would call it refreshing. Refreshing indeed.
  
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by engineer is Terminator on November 20th, 2011
Worked for me both ways.So, it will work for anyone else.Depends upon how much interested you are, and how less you whine.
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  by Mister_Bromyde on November 20th, 2011
- Comment reinstated by someone who's just like everyone else.
  
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  by engineer is Terminator on November 20th, 2011
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  by Mister_Bromyde on November 20th, 2011
- Agreed. Whining really cuts in to the day.
  
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by Magenta on November 20th, 2011
voted: False
False.

Computer programming is based on logic.

Learning human languages is based om memorization.

I'm a computer programmer, and I can't pass French.
Luckily, all programming languages are based on English. :)
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by onewizeman1957 on November 20th, 2011
voted: True
Programing is taught in all languages
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by Arctico-The-Wolf Supports Leonard Peltier on November 20th, 2011
voted: False
English - Hell no!
Espanol - ¡Infierno no!
Francais - Enfer non!

Two different domains, learning Spanish and French was way easier!
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by Sethis on November 20th, 2011
voted: True
Computer programming is all about logic and applying it to create a program. You just have to learn the language PCs "speak" so you can tell them what to do. As with spoken languages it's not about the words you learn but the way you use them to form a sentence or in this case a program.
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by aspgirl21 on November 20th, 2011
voted: False
One of my cousins has gone blind, so he would be unable to learn computer programming. But, he should still be able to learn another language, by reading braille or else through his ability to hear, which he'll likely be doing at the school for the blind he attends.
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  by Cal on November 20th, 2011
- He can still program if he was interested. They have output devices that output what's on the screen to a pad that he can read with his fingers.
  
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  by Premortem dichotomy on November 20th, 2011
- Yeah, but my uncle can't really afford all that, not with the job he has (driving a taxi). And I'm unsure whether or not they could do it for free...
  
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by tominhouston on November 20th, 2011
You can learn what you choose to learn.
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by Premortem dichotomy on November 20th, 2011
It takes about 2 years to learn to program. Most language takes about that long, too. However, the two are very different. With computer programming you have to think differently than you would learning language. Programming doesn't come naturally -- there's a learning curve.

But if you stick with it, it will come to you. So my opinion is yes and no.
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by Granttank on November 20th, 2011
You can learn computer programming no matter how many languages you know.
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- Hmmm. Obviously you are a computer programmer who loves semantics and to prove that they're right all of the time.
  
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  by Mister_Bromyde on November 20th, 2011
- You assume that every computer programmer has OCD.
  
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  by ErgoStep - Millionaire Websites on November 20th, 2011
- I don't know about that, but they all have huge egos and think they're right all of the time.
  
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  by Mister_Bromyde on November 20th, 2011
- They try to be right all of the time. If they are wrong things explode. If you tell them they are wrong and you are correct they will thank you. When they finally understand you.
  
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by Scumop on November 20th, 2011
voted: True
In either direction , you have demonstrated enough brainpower to learn the other.
Does not mean you would be good at it, and like human langauges, some of them can be painful to learn.
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- Well, I have personally demonstranted neither. So, that is that.
  
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  by Mister_Bromyde on November 20th, 2011
- I would think computer languages would be left brain (logic) and language learning would be right brain (creative/intuitive).
  
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  by ErgoStep - Millionaire Websites on November 20th, 2011
- There is a lot of creativity involved in programming, believe it or not. You can use your logic to solve a problem using code, but that doesn't mean it's the most efficient solution.
  
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  by Premortem dichotomy on November 20th, 2011
- Abstract thinking is an advantage indeed.
  
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  by ErgoStep - Millionaire Websites on November 20th, 2011
- Both computer and human languages can be very challenging. But some computer languages are trivial compared to every human language. What seems to matter is desire, need, and exposure.
  
  Learning another human language in isolation is very difficult. You need feedback and practice with others. Or move to another country and have it become as necessary as eating and sleeping. But results vary and some of us will always suck at it (or get it but have horrid accents, or think we got it but everyone around us seems to laugh a lot even though nobody is telling jokes).
  
  Learning a computer language - same thing, motivation, need, practice and feedback matter. And some of us will forever suck at it.
  
  Both human and computer languages are about expressing ideas, though differently. Creativity and experimentation matter. They both have sometimes nasty constructs (compare the pain of irregular verbs to the insane rules of what is true and false in javascript). A lot of memorization and a lot of practice is needed to fit these things to the "application space", and many ways of saying the same thing. But to really do something linguistically or programmatically striking requires imagination and insight into the expressionary power of the language.
  
  It takes a human child - supported by built-in wiring, a language instinct - many years to get good with the language they are born in. And most people never get really good at it. To become a good software developer takes many years as well, and most never get really good at it.
  
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