Re: Learning to Program
My first real language was Java, but I started with LISP. (Ok, AI guys use LISP for real programming, but they don't count.)
I honestly think that one's first language doesn't have to be useful. There are some serious ideas that you need to get your head around in programming. After you learn how to think in this goofy way that programmers think, learning your second language will be easy; your first language should be one that makes that intuitive leap the easiest.
So I guess I vote java.
-Sam
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