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tootoo123456 is not online. tootoo123456
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02 Jan 2016 01:23 PM
Chances are, if you script with Lua, you are a programmer. But, I heard Lua is one of the most easiest languages and I believe that. We use rbx.lua which is even more basic than Lua. So I was wondering if I should speed up my progress with programming and learn more than one at a time? Maybe something similar like python? Or should I wait until I really get good at Lua? What did you guys do?
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NordLaw is not online. NordLaw
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02 Jan 2016 01:24 PM
Python is a bit hard, trust me, I think you should know some before you learn Lua.
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UFAILTOO is not online. UFAILTOO
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02 Jan 2016 01:27 PM
Python is a very common first language and has some similarities to Lua.
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Moronism is not online. Moronism
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02 Jan 2016 01:28 PM
If you are going to learn a programming language, I would suggest that you choose the language based on its viability for your given situation.

It is not necessarily the language itself that matters entirely; it is the programming concepts, problem-solving capability, and self-determination that creates the eventual result.
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mudkip99 is not online. mudkip99
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02 Jan 2016 01:30 PM
C is pretty simple to learn (C++ is currently the industry standard, and it's built on C, but it is NOT an easy language to learn)

C introduces the basics well, as well as teaching you some things like memory management that managed languages like Java won't teach you. No, it's not object-oriented, and you won't be making any fancy programs off the bat (mostly just command prompt and file I/O in the beginning), but C is the foundation of almost every major language in use today, and it's relatively easy to learn.
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triode is not online. triode
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02 Jan 2016 01:41 PM
from Rbx.lua I went straight to C++,
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WolfgangVonPrinz is not online. WolfgangVonPrinz
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02 Jan 2016 01:43 PM
I went rbx.Lua, Java, then Python
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cntkillme is not online. cntkillme
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02 Jan 2016 02:12 PM
Yes. It's all about the concepts.
Learning Lua as a first language on Roblox is great because you can immediately apply anything you learn. And the concepts you learn are typically general throughout programming.

Also I wouldn't call "C" easy, just because it's very small (esp. compared to C++) languages like C (manual memory management, statically typed, typically resemble what's actually going on, etc.) are very "different" than languages like Lua where all the low-level concepts are abstracted away into a cloud of fluff and magic.
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chimmmihc is not online. chimmmihc
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02 Jan 2016 02:13 PM
Python is in my opinion more powerful than lua, and slightly harder.

captain tiein' knots. whenever someone need a knot tied they goto him
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cntkillme is not online. cntkillme
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02 Jan 2016 02:16 PM
It's not really fair to compare the two. Lua is meant to be lightweight, compact, and portable whereas Python was built with much more features but because of that, it's much larger in size and (ignoring JIT compilers) typically slower (as far as I can tell, at least).
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AdvancedObjects is not online. AdvancedObjects
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02 Jan 2016 02:17 PM
I've been learning html.



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UnstableScript0 is not online. UnstableScript0
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02 Jan 2016 02:18 PM
I was going to reply then forgot it.

When I looked up "Ninjas" in Thesaurus.com, it said "Ninja's can't be found" Well played Ninjas, well played.
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mudkip99 is not online. mudkip99
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02 Jan 2016 02:22 PM
@Advanced, HTML isn't a programming language, it's a markup language
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UnstableScript0 is not online. UnstableScript0
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02 Jan 2016 02:23 PM
I'm pretty sure he knows that, he is pretty reputable.

When I looked up "Ninjas" in Thesaurus.com, it said "Ninja's can't be found" Well played Ninjas, well played.
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AdvancedObjects is not online. AdvancedObjects
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02 Jan 2016 02:23 PM
Then I've been learning a markup language :)



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iiEssence is not online. iiEssence
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02 Jan 2016 02:24 PM
"HTML isn't a programming language, it's a markup language"

Oh please not this again
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AdvancedObjects is not online. AdvancedObjects
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02 Jan 2016 02:24 PM
I will admit it does have it's boringness... A lot of it.



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MahouReikon is not online. MahouReikon
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02 Jan 2016 02:29 PM
Where do y'all learn ur shiz
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cntkillme is not online. cntkillme
Joined: 07 Apr 2008
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02 Jan 2016 02:30 PM
The internet, johnny, the internet.
and also lots of source code and trial and error for me
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AdvancedObjects is not online. AdvancedObjects
Joined: 11 Dec 2012
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02 Jan 2016 02:30 PM
CodeCademy. (has Java, Ruby, HTML & CSS etc)



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iiEssence is not online. iiEssence
Joined: 18 Jun 2014
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02 Jan 2016 02:31 PM
I learned life through manga and anime
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mudkip99 is not online. mudkip99
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02 Jan 2016 02:36 PM
@MahouReikon currently studying CS in college, which is probably the "best" way to learn outside of personal experience, but there are free resources everywhere on the internet to learn any language you could possibly imagine.
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