What language to Learn?

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mevets

Posted 23 November 2006 - 08:19 PM

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I'm a high school senior, also wondering what language I should learn.

I know AHK, which is a little known macro writing language for windows, VB.NET from school, and HTML/CSS/etc.

I'm interested in a cross-platform language since I want to move to Linux (the only thing holding me back from going into it deeper is that my wireless card wont work w/ Ubuntu). I hate the syntax of web languages, but they'd probably be good for me to learn since I'm interested in cross-platform.

Suggestions?

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WingedPanther

Posted 28 November 2006 - 09:45 AM

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C, Java, C++, PHP, Perl are all cross-platform.

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TcM

Posted 28 November 2006 - 10:13 AM

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Yeah I think you mentioned them all.. I cant think of any more.. ow btw Welcome to the forum!

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Void

Posted 28 November 2006 - 03:19 PM

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C# is easy to learn - give that a try.

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Posted 30 November 2006 - 09:56 PM

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Void said:

C# is easy to learn - give that a try.

Im just wondering what you all reccomend. Would you reccomend learning a language because it is easy to learn, although it isnt that popular and powerfull, or would you reccomend learning a language that is more difficult to learn but is very powerfull and very popular?

I go with the latter

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Posted 01 December 2006 - 09:19 AM

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I would say that learning a language like Pascal (easy with decent power) first, then moving on to more powerful languages (C, C++, etc) is a good plan. You can learn the language features that are common across languages in a low-threat environment, then move on to more power where you have to implement some of the gimme's by hand.

Moving from a language with native support for graphics to one without that support can be painful, as can going from a RAD (Rapid Application Development) to a non-RAD language.

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#7
mevets

Posted 05 December 2006 - 08:49 PM

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is c++ cross platform?

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TcM

Posted 06 December 2006 - 10:16 AM

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Well now even VB can be ran on linux.. limited but can be ran on linux and MAC!
see this thread:-
http://forum.codecal...-linux-mac.html
but thats not much! its just VB lol

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Posted 06 December 2006 - 10:16 AM

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Yes, but you can make it not be. The language itself is cross-platform, but does not include anything for graphics. There are some cross-platform GUI toolkits available, such as wxWidgets and GTK+, which a lot of people like. Anything that is OS/hardware specific, or anything in Visual C++ is generally not cross-platform.

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#10
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Posted 06 December 2006 - 10:19 AM

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lol we both posted at the same time!! what a coincidence!

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Posted 13 December 2006 - 06:40 AM

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i would have to say that PERL in addition to PHP, Java, and C, that it is a greate language to learn just because it is so powerful. If you will be working in a server environment, learn to use some basic BASH skills, and PERL...