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What is the best programming language to learn first?
- shire 15y agoI have been asked that question many times. I recommend you start with Javascript, or Python very simple to write and read programs then continue to C++ or Java (:
- kls 15y agoThis is good advice for someone that wants to learn to program. If that is your goal, then JavaScript and then Python is a good path. However if your goal is to learn CS along the way, then you should start with C on something like the Arduino and then move to a LISP. One is great for hardware based theory and the other is great for pure CS theory. So it really depends on your ambitions, if you want to program to find a job ASAP then the above advice is spot on, however if you want to program to truly understand programming and CS then C and Lisp are fundemental.
- jamesbritt 15y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1943843 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1943843 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=760377 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=760377