First thing I do is looking for ways to execute machine code.
When that fails, because there's no non-exploity solution ... I drop it.
Otherwise, next, I look for easy multithreading.
Then I look for ways of plotting pixels on an easily available canvas.
Then I code an effect.
The last new language I've learned was python. For that one it was different. With no experience in python specifically, I've asked the friend, who recommended it to me, to give me a problem and I'll code him a solution.
I'm an autodidact and generally don't like using tutorials, papers and whatnot. Google is all I need. He wanted a webscraper ... and two hours later, after lots of fiddling around figuring out how the language works, I was done.
When that fails, because there's no non-exploity solution ... I drop it.
Otherwise, next, I look for easy multithreading.
Then I look for ways of plotting pixels on an easily available canvas.
Then I code an effect.
The last new language I've learned was python. For that one it was different. With no experience in python specifically, I've asked the friend, who recommended it to me, to give me a problem and I'll code him a solution.
I'm an autodidact and generally don't like using tutorials, papers and whatnot. Google is all I need. He wanted a webscraper ... and two hours later, after lots of fiddling around figuring out how the language works, I was done.
Then I made an effect. It was slow. D'uh. :-)