The consequences of one's first programming language
R. L. Wexelblat · 1980
Who has not seen programs written in one programming language that have the style of another language? Having experienced “Fortran with semicolons” and “C with a BASIC flavor” over the years, it occurred to me to wonder whether the programmer's first programming language had an effect on programming ability as profound as the effect of one's native language on one's thought patterns.