Eli5: What is the difference between various programming languages? Dont they all do the same thing?
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It’s a bit like toys to build stuff. Think about Lego blocks, Lincoln Logs and an Erector set. You can build a house with any of them but the house you end up with is going to be different. The erector set house is probably the strongest but might take longer to build. The Lincoln log house might be the weakest but was really fast to build.
So yeah, the all do the same thing — tell a computer what to do. But some languages are easy to use but more limited. Some are more powerful but are challenging to master.
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