PureBasic

[pete1207]

I downloaded a trial version of purebasic. I figured I would start here to learn about programming again. Is this a good program to start with or are there other Basic programs that are better and have better tutorials. I am basically starting as a beginner so should I go with Basic language or should I try another language. It seems that Java and C/c++ require some prior knowledge of these languages and frankly I do not have it.

[Jaggannath]

I think that Java and C++ don't require any prior knowledge of computer languages to get by... a good textbook or website should have you happily trundling along and writing programs to write "Hello World" to the screen in no time
I'd personally recommend doing Java first, and then moving to C++.

However, Basic is also a good language to start on

[TheJackal]

Learning a language is never a bad idea. Start with whichever one you feel comfortable with. It wont effect you at all later on.

I started with Visual Basic, and moved on to COBOL, and then to Java, and if anything, the knowledge of Basic helped with the Java and COBOL.

By the way, I dont know anything about PureBasic, But you might want to start with QBasic, as it is a free download (I believe it is included with some Windows OS's (98?) as well.).