Re:

I agree with Alan on that one.

Python enforces a lot of good habits. Many Universities use it now
to teach programming. It's free and its a marketable skill. Perl
OTOH is the worst language to learn first.

-jmz

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Alan Dayley <alandd@consultpros.com> wrote:
> Python.
>
> python.org
>
> "Python for Software Design: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist"
> http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/
>
> Go!
>
> Alan
>
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I want to learn to program. What is a good first language to learn?  Could
>> someone give me a place to d/l this language that also has instructional
>> material?
>>
>> Another question I have is: my linux box is not connected to the web; is all
>> I have to do is d/l the *nix version, save it to my flash, and move it over
>> to the ubuntu I have
>>
>> --
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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