I have a fair bit of spare time on my hands at the moment, being unemployed, and I figured that I may as well put it to good use. I opted to try and learn programming, having never programmed before. I did a very little of the BASIC programming lang AGES ago and whilst it was sometimes a trial, the ease of its use captured my 'programming mind'. Hence, I am looking for a programming language that is fairly easy to understand in plain English ie If...Then..Else statements. I also know there are a plethora of languages out there for both the Other OS and linux and I would prefer to get a language with the most bang for my free buck ie cross platform, but mainly linux, and fairly readable code. I am going to have to teach myself from odd books I can borrow. Having had a look at some JAVA code I decided it is not for me. Perhaps C, PHP,Perl are the answer. Can anyone point me to a resource comparing the different programming languages that has actual source code snippets? should I rather just concentrate on learning BASH scripting and get a job? appreciated -- The Little Helper ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 Licenced Windows user ========================================================================