Does it really matter?

I want to start learning how to program (just as a hobby... not for video games, not for a job), and people will always argue about what's the best programming language, or what's the best beginner language. But as long as I follow through with the learning, does it really even matter? So what if I don't pick the perfect choice for a first language? I can always learn others, right? Why do people argue so much about language superiority? As long as the end results are satisfactory, does it really matter how you got there?

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Functional languages are general programming languages allowing you to write any kind of application just as well, it's not any more difficult either, it just requires a little more understanding of what you're actually doing.