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I speak French, English and Spanish. In that order.

Some concept exist in one and not the other. Addressing someone in a formal way. Addressing a group a once ( “y’all” )

But I know bits and pieces of German, Latin and Polish… those have lots of grammatical differences that force you to think about the structure of your sentence. Recognize a datif from a ablatif. That type of things. It actually help with writing correct French.

But I’m not sure it would make me “better” like learning a functional language or ASM made me a “better” developer.




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