I've been spending the past year getting really into learning natural languages. Before that, it was years and years learning programming languages. While I still break away to read the ES2015 or Java 8 blog post frequently, most of my non-work time has been spent trying to learn Spanish, French and German.
I'd like to talk to you about the odd parallels that I've found between learning human, natural languages and learning programming languages. There are surprising familiarities and even more startling differences that, in exploring, allow us to learn more about evolutionary development of both the software and human mind.
I've been spending the past year getting really into learning natural languages. Before that, it was years and years learning programming languages. While I still break away to read the ES2015 or Java 8 blog post frequently, most of my non-work time has been spent trying to learn Spanish, French and German.
I'd like to talk to you about the odd parallels that I've found between learning human, natural languages and learning programming languages. There are surprising familiarities and even more startling differences that, in exploring, allow us to learn more about evolutionary development of both the software and human mind.