So... I'm gonna get started on learning a new programming language for fun.

Yes, I have already committed social suicide. Anyway, which ones do you recommend/like to program in (I'm sure there are programming nerds in Lusternia. There have got to be!)

I would not have said this 2 years ago... but JAva seems to be going places and is easy on the mind.

Something for fun.....try Fortran. ASM is fun too, can crack video games then.

Heh sure Buho.. starting off with coding in Fortran is an excellent way to get introduced into programming!

Ok, well I started with modifying data files when I was like 7. When your 7 years old, changing 1 word is a big deal. Then moved on for QBasic.

If your just starting out, go for something simple, like QBasic(if you can still find it...), Pascal, etc. Nothing fancy, no OO or anything like that. Straight simple stuff like:

Or go with Fortran, it's fun, I promise.

I'm a visual basic person.. its easy to start making stuff right off the bat with, yet has decent enough power to make really cool applications, and its a good stepping stone to an object oriented language like C++ or java

Whoa whoa whoa.

Who said I'm getting started on programming? I've been programming in Java (Meh) for a few years now. @_@ I know some basics.

Then go with Fortran, it's old, and it's fun

Fain...you like VB....I'm so going to kill you now.

"Point and Drool programming at it's best" -Bill Gates on Visual Basic

I dont mind VB. I dont know much else, and I havent used VB for a long time. Since my last computers class years ago. And FORTRAN will take your mind and break it over your knee.
Dare you to try doing graphics in it.

From what I hear of Visual Basic, it's extremely simplistic (I've never programmed in it before). I'm probably not going to do it though. =\\

It's almost like you're writing out pseudo code. Just never, ever, ever put in a space where it doesnt want it. If you like sanity, that is.

Try Perl.

I took a look at Perl and it seems a bit inefficient. The compiler has to check to see exactly what data type each variable is as opposed to hard-coding it yourself.

Take JAva to the next level... learn Java 3d *nod me*

i started on qbasic! go qbasic... what do you call that game on qbasic... scorched earth it think... then the gorilla game... era of the floppy disks... please insert disk #32...

My programming lifespan has gone thus:
1) QBasic (long long time ago and it was just very simple stuff. Don't remember any of it)
2) C++...freshman year of college, required course
3) VB6...very simple, but can still do stuff
4) JAVA...very cool.
5) I use MS Access at work, so its mostly VBA (bleh)
6) I've gone back to school to learn VB.NET ...actually kinda like it. Like a combination of JAVA and VB6

I made a game in Qbasic, and it had pictures, calling up .img and the such.
Nowadays, nuffin, but back in school, 2 years ago or so, was learning Python, and C++ for fun (Python for school work)

I like my C++... not that I'm anything except mediocre. Hurrah for Mediocraty, which i'm 99% sure I spelt wrong.

EDIT: Alright, nestled tags don't work

Python is what I've been programming a lot in. I was trying to learn Ruby too but that works best on Linux. Stuck with windoze for the moment.