About programing, a general question

[Albert Wagner]

On 12/16/2010 10:59 AM, Parshwa Murdia wrote:
> hi,
>
> If one has to start from the scratch, from the zeroth level to do the 
> programing, which programing language one should start with? In the 
> ocean of the languages, to start with is really very typical. Can one 
> justify it. Some say Python but again they say it is Perl which is 
> better every time then the Python. Some say to start with C or C++ but 
> again some emphasis to use Java or C#. Many say to go for .Net and VB 
> or COBOL and some say to learn web based programing like HTML, PHP, 
> ASP.Net. In this ocean who is just starting to learn which one he 
> should prefer?
>
> Many say that what is the purpose of learning, then I say that to have 
> the basic understanding of how exactly we can handle the machines like 
> the CPU. Not to generate the big projects for the management 
> processes, not even banking system but to know the basic of programing 
> like how to handle the machines at the first, for that purpose, for 
> the the scratch level purpose and for the one which is good even for 
> Linux, what programing language should one like me, initiate?
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Parshwa Murdia
>
Your second paragraph screams out for Bash.  For cut-and-paste utility 
programs, Python has a very large library of useful modules.  But, Ruby 
is cleaner, prettier, and closer to true OOP.  The Cadillac of OOP is 
Smalltalk, my favorite all time language, but totally useless for what 
you say you want to do :)