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Originally Posted by ephemera

Why do you wish to learn programming?

ephemera's point is that without a problem to solve, there may not be enough motivation to move up the learning curve. Having a tangible goal helps.

Originally Posted by Solaris_Delta

...I just want some suggestions/advice on what would be the easiest programming language to start with, and some books/documentation to help me along the way.

My suggestion would be to start with Python given that its syntax is perhaps the least obtrusive, & dynamic languages tend to hide many implementation details that C/C++ programmers have to overcome. As for what books, etc., consider:

• Learning Python:
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Pytho...0066391&sr=8-1
• Dive into Python is available online at http://diveintopython.org/.
• A lot of free & worthwhile documentation is available at http://www.python.org/doc/.