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Is there any use in learning an "easy" programming language?
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Zig and Go are serious. I think Python would be a language that isn't serious (despite it's widespread use in serious applications) but has a reputation for being easy. I don't know if that reputation is really deserved.
Anyway I would start with one of Python, Go or Typescript (via Deno). I would avoid Rust, Haskell, OCaml, C++ as your very first language, but they could be your second.
Whatever you do don't learn Python and stop there. That's the way to be a crap programmer. And if you do use Python learn to use type hints early on.
1 agree with everything you wrote besides the Deno?
why Deno?
Typescript projects are a significant effort to set up with the traditional tooling (NPM & Node). With Deno you can literally just create a
.tsfile and run it.