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sliverstorm on Feb 2, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: How should I get started with programming? Which l...

(Presuming you want to learn programming for it's own sake, rather than work towards some specific goal that requires code)

macco on Feb 2, 2011 [–]

Absolutely true. If you have a certain task to do (programming a wordpress plugin, etc.) - the programming language chooses itself :) If you don't know yet, Python would be my best bet.

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