I remember when I first started in computers the most common question (after can you fix my computer?) was "What is the best language to learn?"

Even as a C/C++ programmer I never felt comfortable suggestion a n00b start on such languages. Delphi/Pascal came to mind but wasn't as readily available.

Finally, I am comfortable making a recommendation. And like all my opinions, these are well reasoned, clearly thought out, and obviously 100% correct, and if you disagree, you are probably wrong about other things too :)

So my current answer is Python.

I am open to opinions and experiences. Discussion anyone?

@ITwrx this is the first I have ever even heard the term

@Absinthe yeah, it's not real well known. Certainly no Python, in that regard. If ubiquity was not a major requirement for an individual, then it looks pretty recommendable to me so far. Clean, easy syntax, compiled to C.
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@ITwrx if recommending something to a n00b I like to keep to the things that I know will be able to support their learning process. Everyone that graduates with a masters degree seems to write a new language. So there are new ones all the time.

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