Brother wants to learn programming

>brother wants to learn programming
>has no tech background whatsoever
what do? I don't want to kill his interest completely by throwing him into C or C++

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Teach him BASIC

automate a shit game with autoit script or something
it's basically basic

C is fun. That won't kill someone's interests, unless they have shit taste.

lil schemer

C is shit and there is zero reason to start a new project in it nowadays.
Have him read SICP.

nobody uses any of these these days

>nobody uses C
son are you the dumb

>I don't want to kill his interest completely by throwing him into C or C++

Python is the only answer.

python or scratch, depending on how retarded he is.

>b-but muh 1% of devs who are in OS development
not even embedded uses C anymore

Try 14.3%, retard.

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source?

the fuck? what do they use then

c++, java embedded and even python

>i think i have an intelligent opinion on programming language usage
>i don't even know what the TIOBE index is
That's exactly what I thought.

Throw him into modern C++.

>hurr durr why can't u tell where this basic bare-bones table comes from
ok retard

soo... Python?

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Nobody who visits a programming language popularity contest website has an intelligent opinion on anything

Teach him C. Just do it

teach him with mods for games with nice lua APIs like gmod or saints row

JavaScript, before he asks "so, how do I make a game?" and you realize how shitty is making a GUI, or even a plain window in most of the programming languages.

t. hasn't worked for a single day in his whole life

Let the faggot learn on his own. Get him a good beginners book. Python, C++ or any "useful" language is fine. Don't fall for dumb shit like scratch.

well yea I was mostly looking for material recommendation, then let him work on it and ask if there's something he needs help with

Throw C++20 at him.
If he can't handle it he didn't deserve to succeed.

you fucktards need to learn scheme

c#

automating the boring stuff

start him off in perl or c
he will be happy you did