Learning a programming language?

[ase]

So I have decided to take up programming, but can't decide what to learn first. So my question is: what was your first programming language?

[Ad Bot]

[Jaxx]

Oh, snap, misread the topic.

C.

[Kalphiter]

Java

Late age 11

[yuki]

HTML/BASIC. Once you get those, move on up to Java/Lua.

[Kalphiter]

HTML/BASIC. Once you get those, move on up to Java/Lua.

Oh, basic. RUN

[Ephialtes]

HTML is markup, not programming 

[Kalphiter]

If this was first "language", it would be JTML

[Ephialtes]

If this was first "language", it would be JTML

If this was first "pet", it would be cat. What's your point?

[Skele]

C++


EDIT: Assembly was technically first, but it changes with every processor.

[Bisjac]

learn super CCC+++++++x100

[Rughugger]

Well if DOS was still in use, I'd say that. But that's how I learned basic programming.

[yuki]

If this was first "pet", it would be cat. What's your point?

I lol'd.

[Ephialtes]

There's a common misconception that learning programming is easy if you start with the most basic language and work up to the "harder ones". This is not true. It just takes longer because you have to learn all the irrelevant crap that nobody uses (BASIC?) first.

I started with PHP and went on from there, never bothered learning the crap ones.

[n0cturni]

Lua.

Starting to toy with C++.

[Robo Noob]

HTML/BASIC.

This.