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bl00dninja · Jan 1st, 2005, 9:05 AM

the general concepts of programming exist in all languages. also i don't believe that C++ is too difficult to be a first language. you can take or leave what you can handle at a time. hell, you can program C++ procedurally like C if you want. that's what most simple programs are anyways. java and c++ are both good, as is C# (albeit somewhat of a proprietary technology). python is a simpler OOP language, but the syntax is a little fucking weird if you ask me. some people swear by it, but using WHITE SPACE instead of braces so you're forced to write neat code? why don't we just write a language that kicks you in the nuts for every minor syntax error? bottom line...once you start to learn one language, you can usually switch to another and gain an equal level of proficiency in a VERY short time. i started with JAVA (actually i STARTED with HTML then Javascript, THEN JAVA) and converted my knowledge of that into C++ in a couple days. don't worry about being "locked into" whatever you start out doing. just learning some basic javascript or php will give you a big leg up on "real" languages. good luck. wish me luck too.

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Jan 1st, 2005, 9:05 AM	#7
bl00dninja Programming Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: namespace std Posts: 1,246 Rep Power: 6	the general concepts of programming exist in all languages. also i don't believe that C++ is too difficult to be a first language. you can take or leave what you can handle at a time. hell, you can program C++ procedurally like C if you want. that's what most simple programs are anyways. java and c++ are both good, as is C# (albeit somewhat of a proprietary technology). python is a simpler OOP language, but the syntax is a little fucking weird if you ask me. some people swear by it, but using WHITE SPACE instead of braces so you're forced to write neat code? why don't we just write a language that kicks you in the nuts for every minor syntax error? bottom line...once you start to learn one language, you can usually switch to another and gain an equal level of proficiency in a VERY short time. i started with JAVA (actually i STARTED with HTML then Javascript, THEN JAVA) and converted my knowledge of that into C++ in a couple days. don't worry about being "locked into" whatever you start out doing. just learning some basic javascript or php will give you a big leg up on "real" languages. good luck. wish me luck too. :ph34r: __________________ i put on my robe and wizard hat... Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?...Morons.