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My efforts to learn programming have had the following results
Perl - fail - ugly language, not fun to read so not fun to learn
PHP - fail - ugly to read and lots of fluffy syntax
C - fail - compiling nonstop for simplist programs not a good starter language
Python - success - easy to read easy to learn good starter language

Mind you the path to programming all the languages is similar the overall theory involved, loops etc and blah blah. But it's the little things that will determine whats the best language to actually learn how to program with, for me it's python. Its a robust language with an extensive set of tools, which can do everything from scripting servers to creating servers. Its got alot more potential than people give it credit for. And its actively developed. So toot toot for python!