Okay... I want to learn a programming language which:

- Isn't extremely hard to learn.
- Has a simple (or doesn't need) compiler-thing (bleh, I don't know much about this. It's just that when I was trying C, CYGWIN is large to download, and then it just didn't work on my computer)
- Doesn't need lots of different/large programs to code.
- Can get from code to result quickly and efficiently.
- Preferably, it actually is useful.

Are there any programming languages that fit this? Thanks.

The relevant bits of java script?

As far as I can figure out, all you need to learn is if/else statements, variables and functions, and how to make it gel with whatever client you're using. And nevermind the rest of the stuff in java script.

Then again, that's probably true of the rest of the languages too, once you get past the compiler stage.

Use C.

Yeah, Cygwins a bitch to get running. But you gotta do what you gotta do (Cygwin, once you get it going, which admittibly took me a full day, is amazingly cool.)

Ye got AIM? Send me a PM with yer screen name, I'll help you set up CYGWIN, and I can help teach you c++ if you want.

I already said it once, I will say it again.. Python. Simple, powerful, can be interpreted, can be compiled if you want. and requires one executable or RPM to install it. And its a real language unlike ######. You can also later on integrate it into C once you learn C. and have you tried not using cygwin as your C compiler. Try Borland Turbo C, the command line version is free and its meant for windows. Using Cygwin is really only relevant if you need to emulate unix functionality, and then I would always suggest using a dual boot machine with actual linux on it, to save you a lot of hassle.

I already have Python install (I think, for use with MUSHclient), I just have no idea how to use it as a programming language.

And Dyr: LordZaltan. But I don't use AIM much (MSN Messenger instead).

python.org has loads of tutorials about the language and how to use it, but basically to use it interactively, just run python.exe and start typing. to use it from a file, write the file and run python.exe with the filename as an argument.

I'll do you my traditional hello world, but in python its not very interesting...



you can either type that at the python prompt or put it into a file called hello.py and run python hello.py remember that python is whitespace sensitive not that you can get it wrong with a one line file.

Ah, easy. I'm gathering that Python can be used as a programming language and a scripting language (e.g. in MUSHclient), no?

yep thats exactly what its for.

What got me started programming was programming my graphing calculator in 7th grade to cheat on my math tests Took a class in 10th grade on calculator programming, was way too easy (finished with a 104%, two friends got 108%) and wound up teaching the teacher most of what he knows now (not the brightest person you'll ever meet). 11th grade I took C++, loved it. 12th grade, they decided that java would be better. So I learned java, didn't like it for some reason. I managed to get my compiler to work on my computer for about a day, before it poofed, and I never got around to fixing it. I did ok in the java, but I just didn't like it as much as C++. Off to college, where, you guessed it, I'm back to C++. Happy day for me, except I've probably learned 2 new things in 1.5 semesters of C++. Can't wait to learn more languages, but I don't want be downloading random crap and trying to figure out how to program a new language, so I guess I'll just have to hope college throws some new ones my way.