> If you don't speak the language, It indicates that you never learned the stuff that is spoken in that language. At least well enough to be fluent in it.
Not true. I learned all the maths necessary to understand that formula and, in fact, have previously seen all the symbols used before. Once I looked up the syntax I had no trouble understanding what was being said.
The problem is that the language is simply bad. I haven't written PHP for years (in fact, the last time I wrote PHP was around the last time I took a math class), but if you give me a snippet of PHP I'll have no trouble understanding it.
Not true. I learned all the maths necessary to understand that formula and, in fact, have previously seen all the symbols used before. Once I looked up the syntax I had no trouble understanding what was being said.
The problem is that the language is simply bad. I haven't written PHP for years (in fact, the last time I wrote PHP was around the last time I took a math class), but if you give me a snippet of PHP I'll have no trouble understanding it.