Java, lol

I was told by a game developer at this seminar that if I want to learn how to program games, a good way to start is with Java and making cellphone games. I plan on learning C++ before Java anyway but around how long would it take a newbie to learn Java or when would it be a good idea to learn Java if not at all?

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Synthesize is the right term when generating FPGA or ASIC netlists.

You compile C code to machine code which is interpreted by the CPU. The machine code is ran sequentially.
You synthesize VHDL/Verilog/schematics code to netlists which translate into real hardware structures(in the case of ASIC. In the case of VHDL, they just represent the configuration of various cells, but it's still functionally equivalent to the one ran on an ASIC, just an order of magnitude slower(or less). CPUs like x86 are full custom designs which are a lot more optimized(they optimize the schematics at the transistor/cell level, instead of just at the logic gate level) than autogenerated ASICs, because of ZOMGspeed). The netlists are ``ran'' in parallel, because that's just how electircal current works, but even then, most designs are synchronous and are synced by a clock signal, because true parallel async designs are much harder to manage and keep error-free. (In the case of a CPU, you can say that an instruction takes x (as documented) ticks to execute, that would mean it takes that many clock cycles).