I stated with GW-BASIC at about 11 or 12, moved to Q-BASIC a little later, and now @ 15, I''m learning C++ with all the good WinAPI / DirectX stuff mixed in I''d recommend QBASIC for real beginners, you can find QB 4.5 on the net for free if you look a little (note that it''s not legal, but you can''t exactly buy it anymore, so...) Or you can start with C++, but it may be a little harder. One good thing about QB is you will be making real games more quickly (I made a tile RPG with the help of a little sourcecode, but in C++ I can''t even get a pic up on the screen ) It''s up to you

Hey Hey Hey! Having knowledge about operations on this message board and being a begginer to programming are completely different things! I was really proud of all my accomplishments in the learning of C++ things on my own without a class or book etc.! That was mean! I''m gonna go meditate before some knee caps get broken!

Matthew Fitzgerald (Maketty),
Knightvision Games

You can learn C in a week. And IMHO, it''s a lot better and more powerful than QBASIC.

- DarkMage139
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