15 Exercises for Learning a new Programming Language

So I saw this page which gives a list of 15 Exercises for Learning a new Programming Language. I thought, this could also be a good way to compare different languages. In that spirit I'm going to do just that and try to complete the list in different popular languages. To start with I will do them in C# and Java.

As it turns out I'm much less familiar with C# than Java so it will also be a learning experience as the original article had intended. You can see the progress in Programming.


posted by dharh 6:43 PM Feb 10th, 2008



2024: 1
2023: 4 2 1
2022: 5 3
2011: 5 3 1
2010: 12 9 7 1
2009: 12 11 8 5
2008: 12 5 4 3 2 1
2007: 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
2006: 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
2005: 12 10 7 6
2004: 10 9 6 5 4 3 2 1