That's actually a good question. You can start with any language. C/C++ can be somewhat complex to learn (the book I have on the C++ standard is very thorough, written by one of the people behind it, and weighs in at 1024 pages). BASIC is simple, but you can learn bad habits that are difficult to unlearn.
A good starting point may be Pascal. Borland (http://www.borland.com/) have a free version of their Pascal, Delphi, available for download. You could do worse than checking that out. My knowledge of Pascal's a little rusty, but I'm sure I could help you if you decided to start there.
If you want to start with C/C++, check out MING/W (http://www.mingw.org/) - it's a Windows version of the same toolset that Linux uses. I can help out here, too, if you want. Again, it's free.
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Re: Programming's not that bad to learn.
Date: 2003-05-27 03:39 pm (UTC)A good starting point may be Pascal. Borland (http://www.borland.com/) have a free version of their Pascal, Delphi, available for download. You could do worse than checking that out. My knowledge of Pascal's a little rusty, but I'm sure I could help you if you decided to start there.
If you want to start with C/C++, check out MING/W (http://www.mingw.org/) - it's a Windows version of the same toolset that Linux uses. I can help out here, too, if you want. Again, it's free.