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This has probably been asked a bazillion times...

Which is the best, not necessarily the easiest, programming language to learn for someone who is young, has zero programming experience & exposure, to start with & wants to make a career as a programmer?!?

Should they start with C or something else?!?

Advice is much appreciated :)
 
Easiest to learn programming would be Delphi. If you can already program then something like C++ is a better choice career wise.
 
Swa said:
Easiest to learn programming would be Delphi. If you can already program then something like C++ is a better choice career wise.
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Just to emphasize...

I grew up with Delphi and Pascal...its rock solid for a learning env (school etc) but for someone eyeballing a commercial programming job (eventually) I'd suggest going with something else.

Its good for the basic mindset, but beyond that its a dead end imo.
 
IMO C++ but there are a lot of complicated concepts which is managed for you in other langauges like C# .

If you are going it alone and have the time I would suggest learning a combination of langauges and focus on getting the OOP concepts drilled in no matter what language you use.
 
alternate said:
Python
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I second this, awesome online community, with a lot of help available. And a lot of free guides and videos on youtube and other places. It is an awesome language and you can build some super powerful stuff. After that, learn something like C++ or if you want some C# or Java.
 
My recommendation would be to start with Python. Python *forces* you to write "clean" code that not only you but other people can read and hopefully understand. Then I'd move onto C++ to learn how to really think about what your code is doing, gonna do and has done (e.g. NOT create 1000 threads that brings a box down, just because you need 1000 things done in the next 15min). Finally move to Java or Ruby on Rails to teach you the most common languages used, get some experience in those.

-G-
 
Swa said:
Easiest to learn programming would be Delphi. If you can already program then something like C++ is a better choice career wise.
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Norrafok... I used to do Delphi and still support my Delphi systems that have been running for 22 years. I DREAD making changes. Good lord the syntax is cumbersome. The whole interface and implementation section concept is so kark. The OO implementation is not clean. All of this actually gets in the way of coding and thinking about your object etc. Very distracting.

Rather C# where the syntax is nice and concise and a class is a class. No farking interface and impementation sections that have to match EXACTLY....
 
CheekyC said:
Norrafok... I used to do Delphi and still support my Delphi systems that have been running for 22 years. I DREAD making changes. Good lord the syntax is cumbersome. The whole interface and implementation section concept is so kark. The OO implementation is not clean. All of this actually gets in the way of coding and thinking about your object etc. Very distracting.

Rather C# where the syntax is nice and concise and a class is a class. No farking interface and impementation sections that have to match EXACTLY....
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Code: 
Property Dog: String read fDog write setDog;

What a ride!!!
 
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