>>10640438 (pb)

basic emulator https://sourceforge.net/projects/pcbasic/ (you can even use one online if you want, anything will work)

This will teach you basic flow control

C will teach you functions and types.

You can get a Oracle VM Virtualbox and install any linux on it, this will give you a programming environment for C. You can usually find for a tutorial on setting up gcc on all of them.

You don't need the complex object model shit of C++, Java or Cocoa. These languages have set back computer science by years. They are part of a trillion dollar mistake in computer science. In your area you may have to learn it to get a job, however I'd suggest C++ since you can usually get away with C for most of it. Personally speaking I have gotten away with not coding more than a few hundred lines of C++ in the past 10 years.

At this point you can branch out to scripting languages

PHP dominates the web industry

Perl has a large share of system admin jobs

R is common in business analytics

Python is the new Fortran.

>>10640438

Once you're settled into a language you will need to start finding good APIs, frameworks and libraries

These again you can usually search for. Find a github for them, see if they're up to date, and so on.

>>10640622

Its nothing.

Also, there is a basic truth when it comes to programming languages that people usually ignore. The farther away from the machine's native language (assembly code) you get, the less you truly know what is happening inside.

It is important to develop an insight into understanding the computer's internals, and some languages deliberately obfuscate them, perhaps with malice, and usually in the name of making something easier for the programmer.

A little like the story of the two roads. One road is gravel and difficult to travel and the other is straight and paved. The paved road of course leads to Hell.