I'm a high schooler looking to learn some programming. I run cool apps such as Keepass, Truecrypt, OpenOffice, Super Pi and Firefox. I would love to learn how they work, and I'm also looking to learn some web page design (though desktop apps are more important to me).
After doing some research, it seems that C++ is the king of powerful and efficient languages. Java is better for web design and is easier to program, but C# seems to be taking over Java. I'm pretty confused... it would seem that C++ is the way to go, for a first programming language, but it's pretty difficult to learn and maybe Java/C# is better.
I'm hesitant about going to C#... not that I dislike Microsoft, but I prefer not to be chained to .Net. "Marketability" is also a motivating factor.
Hope you programming gurus have some good advice :)
2006-12-16
17:49:21
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