Who thinks that...?

I think you should know at least C, Perl and have an understanding of Assembly.

I think you should know at least C, Perl and have an understanding of Assembly.

The easiest is VB6

from the few people that I've talked to who have more experience than I do learning any info. security related knowledge... like for instance Damieon Stark of Sovran... I don't believe anyone gave a great importance to knowing Visual Basic _or_ Visual C++ just because it seems like M$'s cut-down version of the real thing. Am I mistaken in saying this?

I don't agree with you because many viruses have been written on Visual Basic and Visual C++.

For the record book, im not one of those kids. but i wanted to ask what do you think would be the best programming language to start with? I was thinking i might want to start with C, but there is a Visual Basic class available. I also have a ton of books on learning to write different types of programming languages at work that im allowed to use. thanks.

spark699420: I'd like your job :) hehe lucky man. I recommend C++. If you start, start from hardest but in a way best. Cause once u know C++ other languages are fairly easy at least for me. Also KissCool: Very good point. The true l33t people of the cyberWorld in my opinion go by I know I can do it, and I dont have to prove myself to no one, but myself. At least I go by that. No I am not l33t or a uber hacker just an ordinary guy, who knows how to turn on the pc. yup yup. spark: an example of terrible language is Pascal one of the worst I have dealt with yuk. So limited.