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>The similarities between these languages are as complete as the similarities between driving in Europe and America: In the same way an experienced driver from one continent can improvise with a reasonable degree of safety on the other, an experienced Python programmer can be up-and-running with C# in a day or two.

Absolutely love the analogy. It's a great display of leveraging the English language to convey complex concepts in a down-to-earth fashion. Even as engineers (or perhaps because we are engineers), getting our ideas across in understandable, layman terms is a potent weapon.

(though admittedly, the latter part of the excerpt could perhaps be simplified)

parent hkmurakami 14 years ago

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