n/a <na / nomail.invalid> writes:

> hi, newbie so please be tolerant.... ;)
>
> i need to start to learn a programming language to be able to develop
> custom aps to be applied to a variety of purposes but mainly 1) financial
> data modeling--including graphics and data handling via database queries,
> etc.; and 2) more general business-type aps.
Why not Ruby and Java and C++? 
The realy unanswered question is when is one better than the other. I
even have seen someone using C for "scripting" ;-)

Regards
Friedrich


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