hello, is it too late to learn? i have natural 1337ness but am a n00b
 

hello my name is sreenath pillai. i am really 1337 with computers and am very good with software. i know html and VB. i am very good with photoshop premier pro acrobat u name the software i know it pretty well.
BUT....i dont really know much programming (i think VB is too easy to be 'programming')and im afraid its too late so im angry :mad: u see i know learning is best at the age of like 10 ppl learn anything faster then but im 16 now, 17 really (this month) and im mad because I only know VB programming
This summer i will learn:
JAVA
Python
CSS (theres more to it than i know, i wanna embedd a font into it)
Can i learn the syntax and makings (basic stuff) of these two to be able to make programs in these? the next year i am busy wit school but on my spare time i will learn C++ and Perl.
is it too late? is there a 'mentorship' where one of the godlike members here would be willing to help me learn very effectively, fast? u wouldn't have to spend much time...
anyway hello

Yea Its too late I thing you should give up already :rolleyes:

I would say any age before 30 would be prime time for learning as much as you can (then agian im only 20). But if you want a great understanding of object oriented programming (OOP) then i would serisouly start with C++ (completely opinion, but i believe the majority would agree).

Let me see...microprocessors became commercially viable around the late 60s, when I was 30. That's obviously too late to learn; I better go back and undo the things I did and give the money back. Incidentally, 1337 isn't a recommendation.

I think this is a joke by another member...

ok so seriously i got:
1 person with good advice
2 ppl with sarcasm but one has good advice in the sarcasm
BUT
i have been told by many that C++ is too hard to start with and i should learn JAVA and Python first; JAVA is easy and somewhat limited while Python is easy and more powerful than C++ (i dunno, thats what my sources said, and this programming website said the same thing)

cmon now..... :mad: u are making me more angry

and i was not talking in leet i just used '1337' twice. i dont think that is bad

I think you can can learn pretty much anything as long as you are willing to do the learning, without trying to skip steps and all of that stuff. Just keep on messing around with code and you will get it. Also you should get a book on the language you are going to be learning, just to make sure to get a book or some sort of a reference to help you understand some of the concepts and ideas.

Ohh and yeah try to avoid the l33t lingo. :cool:

1337ness is not really a good thing to say that you have. :p C++ was the first language that I tried to learn, and it was not too hard for me. Since that was my first language, languages like BASIC and VB look very very simple and weak to me (IMHO, I know in VB you can do some stuff, not sure how much though, no offense to anyone). If this is not a joke, start with some tutorials with the lanugage of your choice and learn from there. It is never too late to learn.

As to Python being more powerful than C++, I'm not sure that is totally true. One of the Python gurus will be able to say for sure.

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