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What's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by andioop@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] _Lory98_@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I learned a bit of FORTH because an old Minecraft mod (Redpower 2) had a computer that could run it.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how many people learned Lua for this reason (CC and friends).

[–] boringbisexual@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

I did! I picked it up specifically for CC, then I found a window manager that was also configured in Lua.