I know VBA and that's it. I wanna learn another programming language. Any suggestions? (I was looking at Java and it looked cool)

 

-thnx

C/C++

Well first off, whatever language you finally choose to learn stick with it until you're relatively comfortable with it. Its easy getting stuck in the "Grass is green on the other side of the fence" idealogy. It all comes down to economics, you must give to get, and one languages advantage is another languages disadvantage.

 

With that aside, I suggest learning python. The language is relatively easy to learn, flexible, powerful, and clean. When you move into a language like C, you can complement (or glue) together both languages. For example, you could write a program that uses python as a scripting language to extend a program, or write C modules to be used in python. C++ a good language to move into next. I would also suggest looking into learning C. C will teach you to appreciate high level languages, as well as being able to understand many apis. The main goal, is to be able to take way the programming concepts, and thus be able to learn a new language in a relatively short time. Above all, write lots and lots of code. Programming is a way to understand a system, and really learn how things work under the hood.

  RogueP2 said:

Well first off, whatever language you finally choose to learn stick with it until you're relatively comfortable with it. Its easy getting stuck in the "Grass is green on the other side of the fence" idealogy. It all comes down to economics, you must give to get, and one languages advantage is another languages disadvantage.

 

With that aside, I suggest learning python. The language is relatively easy to learn, flexible, powerful, and clean. When you move into a language like C, you can complement (or glue) together both languages. For example, you could write a program that uses python as a scripting language to extend a program, or write C modules to be used in python. C++ a good language to move into next. I would also suggest looking into learning C. C will teach you to appreciate high level languages, as well as being able to understand many apis. The main goal, is to be able to take way the programming concepts, and thus be able to learn a new language in a relatively short time. Above all, write lots and lots of code. Programming is a way to understand a system, and really learn how things work under the hood.

 

i agree with learning python...after i learned a bit of interfacing in school, i got "addicted to it"...i first learned python n the syntax is pretty easy...so python should be an OK language to learn

java

 

nuff said

prolog

go learn FORTRAN and then you will be a 1337 h4x0r for knowing a programming language that hasn't been used for 50 years RIFK

  n00body said:

go learn FORTRAN and then you will be a 1337 h4x0r for knowing a programming language that hasn't been used for 50 years RIFK

 

Yeah that makes no sense.

FORTRAN was one of the earliset programming languages and i wanted him to go waste his time

Learn the machine language for an Intel 8088.

  Housemaster said:

Learn the machine language for an Intel 8088.

 

Heh, I know that..