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dbl221:
C no doubt about it most of the software in use today is written in C.

Master of Reality:
i'm gonna say basic, because its the first thing i kinda learned (i only know how to program the really old basic on a commodore 64).
I dont really know very much about any programming, but i was trying to learn C and C++, but i am low on time. Web programming is easy to learn, like; HTML, javascript, Java, DHTML, CSS, XSS, XML. Javascript is akin to C, is it not?

[ May 17, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality ]

Master Windu:
C++ is probably the best *programming* language you could learn, at least for starting out. It is kind of an intermediary between C and JAVA, both of which are frequently used today.  If you learn C++, you can go  "backwards" and learn C, or bounce "forward" to JAVA  without too much difficulty adapting to the basic structure.  All of these languages use different syntax, so that is just something you have to learn.


A good language to start out with, and that is relatively easy, is HTML.  When I first started, I always found it easier with HTML bceause I could actually "see" what is going on.  With C++, you are working with classes, pointers, arrays, and a whole bunch of other things that are not directly related to output.  HTML gives you the visuality, and lets you become familiar with syntax, and important part of any computer language.  Once you have the basics of HTML down, it would be a good time to develop on that further by learning Javascript.  Javascript, not JAVA (there is a HUGE difference) will give you the opportunity to learn about variables, conditional statements, functions, etc., providing you with a firm base of these terms, the ability to recognize them, and to know what they do.  Plus, they hold many similarities to C++.

Calum:
so how does this sound for a plan ( i am going to try and take the "what's all this programming about anyway" plunge myself)?

html first (already learning it)
javascript next (you need to learn it anyway if using html)
C after that
C++ closely following
and then i can do all that Perl, Python, Java, basic stuff after all that, when i am a 'guru'!  :D  what say?

Master of Reality:
not a bad plan...
I went from learning HTML (and CSS) to starting to learn C++, but i have done very little to leran it due to the fact that i have to use a windows machine for the internet right now because i screwed up my partition table on my linux machine.

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