Good Starting Langauge

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Smacky

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I want to learn some computer programming languages, I know HTML/CSS pretty well, but i want to learn something more towards programming. What's a good language to start with? Some people have told me not to start with C/C++ or Pascal. Any good ones out there?
(I have a SciTE for an editor, just used to it for web stuff since it has a nice layout)

Any suggestions on what language i could start with?

Thanks in Advance,
Smacky
 
It depends on what you want to do with it. Different languages excel at different applications. A good intro language to gaming, before diving into the C family is BASIC, and there are a few variations of BASIC depending on what you what to do. There are even 3D BASIC languages.
 
Well, I'm looking for something easy, to make just basic everyday programs, I know I'm not being real descriptive, and i apologize, im just new to this. =/ Basic level games would be awesome to get a handle on.
 
well I got a book on BASIC when I was like 14 and was able to do it for the most part, till I lost the book, lol. And if you have some programming experience already, which is the same experience I had, then you shouldnt have a problem with it. It is called BASIC btw, im not sure if you got that.
 
Alright, i'll find something on it, thanks :)
Yeah, i knew it was called BASIC, figured it was the name since you put it all in caps.
 
Yeah, I don't know how old you actually are, but the book I had was called something like Game Programming for Teens. There is a second edition out now, and maybe even a third, but I really enjoyed it, because it was easy to follow, and used relatively simplified english, as opposed to being directed at like a college grad student, and even though it used simple terms it got into some pretty complex stuff while still being relatively easy to follow.
 
Id say start with C and then decide if you like C# or C++ or want to completely change families when you get a hold of it
 
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