Eli5: What is the difference between various programming languages? Dont they all do the same thing?
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Computer programming languages are like our languages. If you tell someone in English to do something, and they understand English, they’ll do it. If you tell someone in English to do something, but they speak French, they’ll ignore you.
Just like real languages, computer programming languages can also be similar. So if you know Spanish, it may not be too difficult to do some things in Portuguese.
And like real languages, computer languages come around because someone, or a group of people, decided they don’t like British English, so they’re going to invent English, and someone else will decide to speak English with a Southern accent. In this example, it’s the same language, but different groups of people have chosen to communicate with it slightly differently.
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