My first computer was a TRS 80 CoCo 3, a hell of a opwerful computer when it first came out. The big thing then was a form of BASIC, and MAN was it a frustrator to use.

I'd say if you're getting started nowadays, C++ or VBasic are the way to go.

Anybody know how C# works for newbies? And what are the major differences from versions before this?