Young Programmer

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I'm only 16 years old, and in the future I want's to be a programmer, I have allready looked into Perl and simple stuff like JavaScript.
My question: Wich programming language should I go for, wich will be popular in the future, (where talking languages like Java or C++ etc.)......

SwEdE[oelbal]n

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It depends on what type of programming you want to do and what field you want to be working in.

C++ is probably the most widely used language throughout different fields. Java, VB, ASP, PHP, etc are more specialized languages compared to C++. Perl is less specialized and widely used throughout the Internet and UNIX community.

My suggestion would be learn C++ and Perl. If you can tackle C++ Perl should be relatively simple.

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do you want to do web programming or applicatin programming?

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applicatin programming.......

Mark Hensler's picture

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For windows, C++ and Visual Basic are good to know.

And I don't care about the Mac users.

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Hey oelbal,
I also replied to your post in SitePoint
It seems you are in need of opinions! Smiling

Good luck

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