My favorites are Applesoft BASIC and 6502 assembly. I suggest you go out an buy an Apple IIe. Just think -- no need to deal with any messy compiler, and you've got BASIC in ROM! A win-win situation, I say! Good luck! -Declan On Fri, 22 May 1998, josh d smith wrote: > hello i am new to this list > i would like to know what programing language everyone prefers > and any books they recommend on that subject