It’s hard for a programmer to give good advice on what language to learn...(terrychay.com)

It’s hard for a programmer to give good advice on what language to learn...

http://terrychay.com/blog/article/learning-programming.shtml

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rawr17년 전

While Python is always a safe choice, another strategy would be to investigate what the new programmer is trying to accomplish. Most people aren't like "I'm going to learn a programming language as an academic exercise!", they want to actually do something.

If they are interested in writing web apps you might suggest Flash. If they are interested in writing a 2D video game you might suggest Python. If they are interested in performing numerical analysis of math functions you might suggest getting a girlfriend.