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Hello, I am new to the forums. I would like some help picking out a programming language. I came to the C forums just because this is the most common language I know of. So, If you could refer me or help me pick out a language that would be great. I would like to try and learn C++ but that is very difficult so I will start out with an easier language that could lead to C++ over time. So, Thanks for the help?

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No programming language in this world is hard enough for you to try, nor is it going to be a piece of cake if you want expertise on it. Each prog. lang. has its own adv. and disadv.
C might be common but again may not be too easy, so draw on your grits and decide which language suites you best.
You may start with C, if you do well enough you will find other languages following you rather than the other way round.
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Hello, I am new to the forums. I would like some help picking out a programming language. I came to the C forums just because this is the most common language I know of. So, If you could refer me or help me pick out a language that would be great. I would like to try and learn C++ but that is very difficult so I will start out with an easier language that could lead to C++ over time. So, Thanks for the help?


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Given the scope of this forum, the question is somewhat odd; you seem to have already made your decision merely by being here rather than a more general forum.

Of the languages dealt with on this forum, only C is substantially simpler than C++, but only in the sense that it is smaller, what there is is just as complex as teh equivalent in C++ (in fact mostly identical). C++ is more-or-less a superset of C, you may as well start with C++; you do not need to learn all of it at once! For example this is valid C code:

Code:
int main()
{
    return 0 ;
}
and this is valid C++ code:
Code:
int main()
{
    return 0 ;
}
You see my point? It is exactly the same starting point, it is just that in C++ you can go further (and in fact do some things more easily, for example in the above C++ example, the return statement is not required ). Think of C++ as C cleaned-up, with objects. It is that 'cleaned-up' bit that actually makes C++ easier.

If you truly want a bit of fun just learning basic principles before launching into more complex tools, try Microsoft SmallBasic it is designed exactly as a learning tool.

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