The speaker believes that learning different programming languages helps in becoming a better programmer and designer with a better understanding of machine code and architecture. He demonstrates this by writing Pong in C++ and showing it translating into 86 assembler in real-time.
The speaker emphasizes the significance of understanding different programming languages to be able to work on problems with specific constraints, particularly in going from high-level flexible languages to hardware.
Learning multiple programming languages can make you a better programmer and designer as it helps you think and understand foreign cultures. The weight of five languages is not necessary, the most important is the second language.
In this podcast, the speaker emphasizes the importance of understanding machine architecture and how it can impact performance. He also showcases how to write Pong using C++ and 86 assembler in real time, focusing on improving abstractions for high performance code.