Originally Posted by
Departure
Trust me when I say you don't need to start with a "Easy" language. if your goal is C++ then spend that valuable time learning that, After all what's the point of learning say vb or python if you are not really going to use and was not your goal to start with, use that time learning the language you want and it will be easier on you because you actually want to learn that and not vb or python ect.. Personally if I had my time again to learn my first programming language it would have been assembly straight from the start, unfortantly I was told to go and learn vb6 when asking the same question like you, and wasted 4 years leaning vb6 before I finally went to Delphi, I would love to spend more time learning assembly but instead I seem to always go back to the programming language I know the best(Delphi). Saying that I have no problems reading and writing assembly its just quicker or more convenient to write it in Delphi as I know that language alot better. Moral of the story is not to listen to people who give you advice to learn a language you don't really want to learn and go and spend that time doing what you want to really do, More than likely that person had been told them self to learn vb, python ect... just ask them now how well there knowledge of C++ really is....