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What language should I learn first?

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 12:36

I'm pretty much new to this. I want to code mainly for video games and such.

Also please, don't argue about which language is better than which, numbers speak louder than words.
If there are any recommended guides or ways of learning the languages you suggest, please note them as well. Thank-you /prog/

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 12:37

LISP

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 12:39

Learn Common Lisp and C. Some people might argue that they're not the most adequate for video games (I disagree), but these two will probably make you a good programmer.

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 12:57

I want to code mainly for video games and such.
I'll say this now: be realistic with yourself. Most wannabe programmers born in the late 80s or early 90s go into programming with this mindset, and ultimately they just get frustrated and quit. You want to program, not make games.

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 13:06

>>4
Ah, I see.
Well thanks for the suggestions. I'll look into LISP.
What do you guys think about Python 2?

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 13:10

>>5
last time I remember it has forced indentation and so shit

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 13:27

Lisp is adorable, but don't start with that. You will find 40 years old books, a community of arrogant lonely gay bastards and you will give up.

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 13:30

JavaScript is an acceptable Lisp, and actually has widespread useful application.

Learn JavaScript and C.

Name: FrozenVoid !!mJCwdV5J0Xy2A21 2011-11-05 13:54

You can code games with equivalent graphics of 16-bit era to run entirely in the browser.

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 15:08

I don't see a ? within your text.

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 15:11

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 15:29

>>8
JavaScript is an acceptable Lisp
ಠ_ಠ

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 15:47

>>8
Last time I checked, JS was just another crappy OOP language with all these private and protected shits.

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 16:04

Lisp is inadequate for making games. It's great for learning the functional paradigm which will make you a better programmer in general, but in practice it's not the most useful language for any applications other than number crunching.

C with SDL is good once you've mastered C, but that will take months if not years depending on how smart you are and how well you understand programming in general.

Python with Pygame is hands down the easiest and fastest way to make games and it's a great language to learn from, so I'd start with that if I were you.

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 16:07

>>14
Only jews make games. I suppose we should steal your game or rip it from sprites, cuz you are a jew and a python/c++ evildoer.

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 16:36

>>14
B-but... Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter!

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 16:44

>>16
It was long ago. Now gamedev is fully evil and jewish.

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 16:48

>>17
What about Uncharted?

Name: haxus the grinch 2011-11-05 16:51

>>1
phython: A great language to learn from


LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Learna real language noobcakes

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 16:52

>>19
sorry I menat to say phthong

cuz it's a bitch language

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 16:53

>>14 is a troll. SDL, Python and Pygame are piles of shit.

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 16:54

>>18
jewish C++

One Race to rule them all,
One Race to find them,
One Race to bring them all
And in the darkness bind them.

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 17:05

What about java?

Name: VIPPER 2011-11-05 17:13

>>23
Its made by JEWS too.

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 17:44

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 17:58

>>25
A phone? Think. Again. A platform for multimedia content in the next social revolution. Are you ready for what's next?

I fucking lost it.

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-05 22:28

>>1
What kind/genre of games you had in mind? If it's eroge you might be able to get by with visual basic++.

Name: HAXUS THE GREAT 2011-11-05 22:31

>>25
I for one welcome our Bean writing overlords

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-06 1:56

>>23
Use Java if you think you can handle it.

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-06 1:10

Japanese

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