Does picking a language to learn really matter? They all use similar techniques to solve problms?
College student about to major in CS. Just want to know if it really matter what language you learn first?

Seems to me CS and the nature of our work is about problem solving. Different language seems to differ in syntax, libraries you can use, etc. etc. But when it comes down to it, if you know how to solve a particular problem in one language, you could do it in other languages as well right? I mean surely some languages are better tools and can do a more elegant job, but at the end of the day the ideas are still the same right?
Does picking a language to learn really matter? They all use similar techniques to solve problms?
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College student about to major in CS. Just want to know if it really matter what language you learn first?

Seems to me CS and the nature of our work is about problem solving. Different language seems to differ in syntax, libraries you can use, etc. etc. But when it comes down to it, if you know how to solve a particular problem in one language, you could do it in other languages as well right? I mean surely some languages are better tools and can do a more elegant job, but at the end of the day the ideas are still the same right?