Guess I'll add my .02 c . . .I started w/ C++ and had some problems with it, it is definatey a powerful language, in that you can do anything you want with it. . .

I've never learned Python, I should I've got everything I need with the FreeBSD distro, but I love Perl and wish I would have started with it instead, CompSci 101 was C++ though. I think if I started with Perl or Python, it would have been easier to grasp the concepts in C++, they're all pretty similar. . . for, while, if loops, etc.. just the variables that are different w/ a few exceptions, switch cases, ect. . .with Perl it's not as strict, unless you want it to be, and I would assume the same with Python.

Who knows though, I started with C++ and maybe if I had started w/ Perl instead I would have had the same problem as I did, but I doubt it.