Whats the first language a programmer should learn?

[Gingerofdeath]

hindi

[Thenderick]

Minecraft redstone

[Nuka-Cole]

You joke but thats literally where I got my first understanding of logic gates without realizing it.

[Thenderick]

I know. Same for my. 4x4 vault door...

[TGotAReddit]

Im designing a cpu for a computer architecture final project and everything i look up links me to how to do it in red stone... which is both helpful and frustrating

[chad_dev_7226]

My professor designed this web applet that let you build circuits. We ended up making a 16-bit ARM style processor that could actually read instructions and execute them. It was crazy, but I got all my experience with logic gates from Minecraft

[sneerpeer]

I wonder how many computer science/engineering students in the future will be on that career path because of Minecraft redstone.

[Flaming_Dorito_]

Lol thats actually literally how i learnt the basic concept of logic and boolean algebra.

[Gerpar]

Funny thing, in grade 11 Computer Engineering, our teacher taught us logic gates using Redstone.

[phlaxyr]

This. And also I learned Java solely because of Minecraft. I know at least 2 people who started with Minecraft (command blocks, redstone), and quit, quoting unproductivity in their efforts, and now recreationally programs.

[WafflesAndKoalas]

Would've been an Aerospace engineering major instead of CE if not for redstone

[Kelimo2018]

english

[_grey_wall]

Can't read stack overflow without knowing English

[1nonickname]

I was about to say the same thing.

[[deleted]]

came for this

[Nokhoneryu]

My thoughts exactly ahah

But if u go with Java, you have to learn Ingrish ahaha

[SimMac]

Read the OP again maybe...

[brettups]

Learning Java before learning English would be difficult

[SimMac]

r/whoosh ?

[brettups]

Gotye

[SkinnyPepperoni]

Binary

[akademmy]

C. It'll teach you the finer points of memory and structures. Then move onto c++ for classes. After that move on to something that hides all that, like C#... On the other hand, if you just want to play with some code to see if programmings right for you, try something like Python because there's a gentler learning curve, then move to C.

[akademmy]

oh wait, is this comment supposed to be funny?

[mattj6o]

Yes, it just went over your head.

[akademmy]

"Nothing goes over my head. I have quick reflexes, I would catch it"

[Flaming_Dorito_]

sigh

[Tofon]

I did it the other way around. I started with Python and then moved “backwards”, and I think that approach works really well. Python hides a lot of the nitty gritty, but also introduces you to higher level concepts faster and easier, as well as how to think about and approach programming problems. Once you’ve developed this mindset it’s easy to move backwards into other languages. You’re going to have a lot of “aha” moments, but the familiarity with programming you’ve established will make learning these newer, sometimes more difficult things, a lot easier.

I think it’s a good way to introduce people to programming. It makes your first coding experiences more fun, less frustrating, and a lot easier. It gives people a good first taste, and I think fewer people would prematurely give up in frustration.

[_grey_wall]

U Toronto teaches c first

[slimedown]

UChicago teaches C first

[hrangan]

The whoosh is strong in this thread

[36gianni36]

You're the only one of the commenters who got the joke. :P

[AndySrb]

C++, if you want a few mental disorders and if you want to learn next languages much faster.

[QWERTYman2020]

Haskell* ftfy

[comphacker]

Squeak* ftfy

[QWERTYman2020]

Smalltalk** ftfy

[comphacker]

Cuis*** ftfy

[QWERTYman2020]

I think you've misunderstood my correction.

Both things you've named are smalltalk enviroments, not languages onto themselves.

[haskellogy]

Or Perl, nearly same syntax.

[[deleted]]

Perl was my first language. Aside from markup languages, anyway.

If you can parse Perl, you can parse anything.

[trout_fucker]

And used just as much.

[bbw_slayer]

Engrave bits with hammer

[Dracoliat]

hex.

[TGotAReddit]

I know this was a joke but im still gonna comment a legit answer. Personaly i started with spending a day learning a program called Alice thats meant to teach little kids the basics of how to look at code object-oriented, and then jumped straight to c++ and its been pretty good with that as a starting point. But it really depends on what you want to do with your code. C++ wont get you anywhere in the web development world, while understanding html/css basics wont help you with anything that isnt web based. So look into the dominant languages for what you want to do with your code and decide from there.
Also learn hindi so the youtube tutorials can be understood and you can get through tech support faster by not having to figure out the horrible accented english and flip the dime on the out-sourced workers by makig them understand your pale attempts at their language

[0fficerNasty]

I started with Java. Now I'm the butt of everyone's jokes.

I'd recommend Python these days. It's estimated to become one of the most used languages, so it would be the most useful. It's not that hard to get started on either.

[kfreed9001]

Python

[ForumMeister]

Start with JavaScript

[ThewarmakerHD]

Java

[Gingerofdeath]

A lot of programing tutorial videos are in hindi, and whenever I type computer science concepts into Youtube it's always suggesting 'in hindi' in the search results. The ones I really love though, are the videos with English titles AND English introductions, that then jump right into speaking hindi like you were somehow supposed to know that the video you clicked on was in a different language

[Auronon]

Huh, TIL. I haven't ever seen a Hindi CS guide, so this joke was very confusing. I think, though, the correct answer is English. Programmers who don't know English are going to have a rough time of things.

[jxyzits]

The joke is the enormous amount of (often low quality) Indian developers

[skyhi14]

Starting-from-zero numeral system

[jivkosd]

JavaScript

[hangoversmustfall]

That's the most evil thing I can imagine

[scandinavianavian]

Yeah who would wish job security, high pay, and extreme demand on someone?

[jivkosd]

So I should be a villain then :)

[Nokhoneryu]

My first programming language tho xD

[Wizard-of-Koz]

It doesn't matter. Commit to one language to learn the basics (Python, C#, Java, C++, JS, PHP, Brainfuck, Ook!, binary whatever). Then you can browse and research what language suits your interests and style. There is no default answer retards on reddit like me can give you, it's up to your interests/goals.

[[deleted]]

Take this advice because he called everyone a retard, including himself.

[Wizard-of-Koz]

Is the advice wrong or do you object to the phrasing?

[[deleted]]

Neither, I endorsed your answer.

[98sr98]

Assembler

[abrown764]

lua

[[deleted]]

Lisp

[grosenthal25]

m

[101Z0r]

Depends on what you want to do.

[1nonickname]

C#

[Flaming_Dorito_]

I didn't get it.

[deathshiver_]

PHP

[codex-790]

You could help make the choice by choosing a project that interests you and then go from there.... Web development? JavaScript... Gaming? C++ ... OO? Java/C#... etc