If I learn only one programming language…?

Some guy on Yahoo! Answers asked the following:

If I learn only one programming language, which would be the best to pursue? My goals would be general software design, internet based software (programming for social networking sites), and gaming.
I’m new to programming but interested in pursuing study of a language. It is intimidating to see so many languages out there, so I am hoping for some clarification here.
Thanks

I got the “Best Answer” with the following:

Well, it all depends. I recommend Python because it’s just fun. I’m a college student and I’ve programmed with Python, C, C++, and Java. I can tell you that I hated Java, but I liked C and C++ for their performance.

If you want to do web-programming and general software design, then I would recommend Python because 1) it’s easy to read, 2) it’s easy to maintain, 3) it’s fast to code and deploy, and my favorite 4) it has a “batteries included philosophy.” This last part means that Python comes with a HUGE library of methods you can use without having to download them or program them. To me, that’s a huge plus.

Java is excellent for software design, but you would have to be CRAZY to use it for web programming. It’s simply more complicated than it needs to be. I don’t like it.

Finally, we reach C and C++. Well, for starters, this is the hardest to learn. It’s syntax is really weird and it takes some getting used to. If you are good though, then you will be in high demand as C and C++ code is FAST. This is what you want to learn if you want to do gaming, but good luck with that as its a very difficult field to get into.

As a student, when I first came into the Computer Science major I also wanted to do games and windows applications. But one of my instructors introduced me to Python and I never looked back. Now I can develop Web2.0 websites and applications in a blitz. As an example, Youtube switched to Python not so long ago. What does that tell you? (But most of Google runs on Java)

I know very little to go about recommending programming languages, but I did it anyways. I got best answer though. The counts for something. haha

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