[wplug] Best programming language for beginner?

[Bryon Gill]

I'm going to agree with Vance that php could be useful for someone interested in web programming because it's widely used, but to me it feels unintuitive. You'll be interested in learning javascript for the same reason, perhaps even more urgently.
 
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What is wrong is that we have invented the technology to eliminate scarcity, but we are deliberately throwing it away
to benefit those who profit from scarcity. 
-John Gilmore 
http://cryptome.org/jg-wwwcp.htm