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  1. I earned the badge on using :clojure:

    I'm not entirely convinced that this approach to learning is good; I'm basically searching for how to do every small thing individually. The 'syllabus' is a small help along the way but (unless I'm overlooking something) is insufficient to "learn" a language. The problems themselves are a good balance of "simple" and "you'll need to learn something", though.

  2. It's ! Tell me about your favorite functional programming languages! Personally I have a special place in my heart for and .

  3. CW: Gamification of programming language learning

    Using #Erlang for the #FunctionalFebruary of the #12in23 #Exercism challenge felt a lot like cheating, so I gave #Gleam a try and... I must say, it is *interesting*.

    It brought some memories from my (few, and long, long ago) Haskell days, but it was great going with some "#Elixir intuitions" and getting away with them 8-).

    I will definitely keep an eye on the #Gleam track!