I AM NOT a developer/programmer although I played around with C,C++ (Borland Products), and Visual Basic years ago. When things progressed beyond DOS 6.22 and WIN 3.1 I didn’t have time to keep up. In the interim I know that programming languages have undergone tremendous changes and the popularity of certain platforms have evolved.
My sons have asked where they should put their time in terms of learning a programming language (among the various species found in the world).
Given my lack of awareness, I would appreciate any suggestions that would give direction to their interest for learning a language.
The criteria would seemingly be: is it a language that will be around for several years to come? (given the rate of changes in the computer age); could it be used for application and game development?; would the language be useful for programming as a career interest?.
Thank you for your patience and answers.
Dean
