So i have to take an introductory programming course, and I don't know any programming languages

So i have to take an introductory programming course, and I don't know any programming languages.

The course uses python, how relatable is it to lua or C#?

it's an introductory course, you're not supposed to know any.

python is xkcd-tier plebbit meme language for hipster physicists but it works

It has exactly one thing going for it: it's not perl.

C# is also a meme language but it is a language business-types know about so it gets used.

Programming with nearly any language developed since 1974 will be fine. No significant progress has been made in making better languages since scheme, just lots of little things.

How about you just fucking learn any language first. Just make sure you don't learn some shitty one like VB or COBOL. Every language in that list is fine. They mostly differ in how they are implemented (interpreted vs compiled etc). If you want a job then you should know multiple programming languages anyway (javascript effectively mandatory because browsers are everywhere).

>javascript effectively mandatory because browsers are everywhere

I know Java... that's pretty much the same thing, right?

>c
>no web platform
Only for plebs

It doesen't mattee what you start in, kust make sure it's not javascript

Python is super cozy. It's a go to choice whenever you are doing something that doesn't require speed or scale.

It's kind of similar to lua. C# is very similar to Java.

Op ask /g/ not sci ffs
Also, Python is a steaming pile of shit.
It takes so long to compile and its slow.
>But my science and math programs!
Kys

No not even remotely related

>Implying

Agree to disagree

learn python then bleach your mind afterwards when they teach you about the superior language, C

>It takes so long to compile and its slow.

>Python

>compile

kys