Game Suggestions

[Ballbarian]

The shift from Basic to C as the recommended first step to new programmers...

I agree. Age of Kings/Conquerors had a very strong AI scripting community which used a very simple & easy to understand language. Age of Mythology (the sequel) had a very powerful AI scripting language that was so arcane (and C-like) that very few people even attempted to write custom scripts.

"Hello World"

Basic:
Code:

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PRINT "Hello World!"

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C++:
Code:

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#include <iostream.h>

main()

{

    cout << "Hello World!" << endl;

    return 0;

}

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(and just for fun) Java:
Code:

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class HelloWorld {

  static public void main( String args[] ) {

    System.out.println( "Hello World!" );

  }

}

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