Thinking of taking up programming - Any suggestions?

[Dark_Angel]

I'm completely new to it, aside from HTML and the like (which aren't exactly programming ) I've not touched anything similar.

So yeah, basically it's for fun / something to learn. Can people recommend a good language to start with, perhaps a few starting points?

 

[Dark_Angel]

Bah sorry, I forgot to mention - I'm basically windows only. (W7 64).

Thanks for the help guys!

 

[Dark_Angel]

Is there huge differences between (prepare for a dumb question) c, c# and C++?

Can they all roughly do the same type of things, or used for totally different applications (as in uses).