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Start learning at 50

I've always wanted to learn programming. I've read a blog post saying that at this age it was to late . Then I read a post here in saying the opposite. I've found a site that was learn x in y minutes where it has a bunch of languages there. After reading them, the languages that caught my attention were Julia, Clojure and Go. Are any of these good for a beginner or should I start with something else? I know what are variables, can spot an if/else statement but that's about it. What are some good resources for someone like me who likes to learn by doing things?

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[-] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

Oh, I nearly forgot! I had to learn Python too... because I had to teach it. Did try to argue for C#, which is allowed under the curriculum (and would be a more suitable language to teach), but then found it's hard to get that agreed on because so many schools just run Python because it's easier for them from an administrative point of view - I found I wasn't alone in this predicament. Thanks school admins...

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