Easy first-time languages

Okay, I'm completely new to programming. Java's giving me headaches since I've never done OOP before.

I'm trying to be a true hacker on steroids, can you help me /prog/?

I tried asking this in /g/ but I'm still indecisive.

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in many application fields, there is no need for explicit management of pointers (you still have pointers in, say, lisp, all references are pointers). Still, though, you need to learn them, no discussion. Any programmer should know C.

About starting with pascal... well, it was one of my first languages, but I hate it. It's ugly. It's very fucking ugly. Though it became a better language through time, I'd say you start with something different.

Javascript seems a good idea to me, it's easy to use and you don't need to download any interpreter or anything, just use your browser