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Very nice. As a very experienced programmer who has now learned more languages than I can remember, I generally look for these kinds of cheatsheets whenever I'm learning a new language, followed by the official documentation. Other than that, I don't personally find tutorials very useful.

The cheatsheets give me a quick intro to syntax conventions, and then the official documentation provides all the detail on specifics. I'm looking to mentally map how different PL constructs common across different languages are expressed in the new language I'm learning.

Along the way, I end up learning one or two new PL concepts. Fewer these days than in the beginning, hence it gets easier and easier to learn new languages.




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