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Originally Posted by Crypt
What would be a good start for an absolute beginner?
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Find a
good tutorial, & start wading through it. Searching for the language's name & the word
"tutorial" in your search engine of choice is a start.
Yet in my opinion, online tutorials are still generally spotty, however there are some exceptions:
You have not mentioned
why you are wanting to learn, as the level of motivation is important in getting past the thorny issues which occur in all languages. Nevertheless, for a general purpose language, I would suggest learning Python first because its syntax is less esoteric, & it may be a gentler introduction to programming than the other languages mentioned.
If you are serious in your quest, getting a book at some point will be inevitable. My suggestions would be:
I have each of these titles & can recommend each of them.