What programming language to learn next?

Question

I know Autoit, VBScript, VB.NET, and Powershell. I am looking for a good scripting language that will teach me something these other languages don't have. Something that works well with Windows.

Answer 1

C/C++

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GNU GCC Setup

http://ems.calumet.purdue.edu/mcss/kraftrl/cs302-2005/mingw-install.html

Answer 2

I'd move into C family. Python is a pretty tame road to go down as well, if you're coming from a VB background.



If you're looking for a Windows language. C++ or C# are both respectable languages...you will want to learn OOP concepts for either of those, which can be a bit of a challenge.



And colanth isn't completely off...knowing a language doesn't make you a programmer. If you haven't read a few books on programming fundamentals, it's always a good time to start.(Code Complete and Pragmatic Programmer are classics of the trade...)

Answer 3

If you haven't learned computer programming (knowing a language - or a dozen languages - isn't knowing computer programming), learn it first. Otherwise you're just playing.

Answer 4

i took vb and now im taking c++, go for c++ its kinda like vb but it is really cool

Answer 5

I say go php, and perl or python

Answer 6

Try Python.



Don't listen to Colanth.

Answer 7

love python