I started with Perl. This taught me a certain mindset that works well with Bash and Ruby. I've tried to learn Python several times and I just fucking hate it. I gave up when I realized that it just doesn't work the way that my brain works.

I wonder if the outcome would have been different if I'd started with Python? How might that have shaped my thinking / reasoning? Fwiw, I was also ok with PHP and SQL, but I don't know much or anything about the backgrounds on those foundations. Maybe my above statements were completely bullshit.

[–] evranch@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to love Perl as it worked the way my brain worked.

Then I started taking medication for ADHD.

I haven't used Perl since except for text parsing, it's an absolute hot mess of a language (though very powerful and functional at the things it does well)

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 year ago

That's super interesting.

I have a mental divergence that isn't ADHD. I was reviewing stats on it that said people who have it are some percent more likely to have ADHD. I wonder if my previous enjoyment of Perl is because I'm on an ADHD spectrum. It would be interesting to find out.