languages

despite starting to learn c++. I'm having doubts.
I could go and look on wikipedia for hours about programming languages, but having not done much in any language. It's all shit to me. I don't understand it.
So.
If any anon is kinda enough.
I wanna get started using a language. Any. A good functional language.
but why use it, and why not use C++? I hear alot about lisp.
icba reading SICP unless it's really worth it.

Big post. Expecting tl;dr from trolls.

Cheers /prog/

>>11-12
C++ is pretty awesome, but only for certain applications, and only if you're already an EXPERT PROGRAMMER that can deal with writing complex programs out of assembly-level minutia.