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sam:
c++ is common on linux but it depends what application you are using / what you want to do. I dont mess around with my linux installation too much though. I do however write lots of scripts for unix but that is normally just c shell and fortran - which is my most used language (I am a scientist and this is the best language to use for fast numerical calculations).

Python is alsomutli-platform... I dont know much about it. I just started learning it cause I was bored and thought it would be interesting to learn.

html - it is easy you should learn this! :-) well learn xml, xhtml and css the best combination...oh and maybe a bit of php or asp (I dont know any of this as I never use windows servers!)

thegallery:
Hi people, so it's like 6 or 7 or 8 months later! But i am finally trying to get my head into programming. Of course MS has new products out since VB6; more crap to confuse me! I downloaded a copy of their new Visual Basic Express, which is free for a year. I am taking some online video courses, and MS has a free course for "Absolute Beginners" though I got lost by lesson 3!  

I am trying to understand it all, but it will take a while. I can't even get a grip on what products is what. I understand MS has moved to this .NET framework, and I'm assuming Visual Basic Express is part of that, but I'm not dead sure! I'm just going to keep plugging away and figure any direction will be better then no direction.

Thanks for our comments before and let me know if you have any new suggestions. I will keep moving, but I fear I'll be lost for a while. One fellow said that VB programming is like looking at one of those 3D images, you keep seeing a big mess, but if you stare at it long enough you eventually see the picture.

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