programming pro here, listen to these anons:
this anon speaks truth
this anon is also correct, but I'm not sure you got what he was saying about the >Aryan-tier stuff
this was the important part:
the math is the hard part. The programming language is just a tool for making the computer do math.
Can you read and understand academic papers on encryption, or simulations or whatever? Because that would be the minimum level required for the type of thing he's talking about. If not, and you still want to into programming (and be employed as a programmer), I'd look at what the most in-demand language is for the level of education and qualifications you expect have.
So let me reiterate what some others have been saying: the language itself is not as important as your ability to understand the problems you are trying to solve.
It's what you code, not what you code in.
If you want to program a microcontroller, you will usually need to learn C, because the only programming tools available for your chip are C compilers.
If you want to write a desktop application, it doesn't matter what language you use.
For any interesting computer program (encrypted communications, robotics control, simulation), the math is the hard part. The programming language is just a tool for making the computer do math.
If he wants to be well paid and hasn't already misguidedly spent years learning IT skills, I would say learn a trade.
I don't know about the states, but in Canada, trade school is cheap and you're guaranteed to make more than a programmer with less time spent in school. I think the machinist trade is the coolest, but robots are taking that one over pretty quick. Carpenter, plumber, electrician, and welder are safe though.
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Python is 200times slower than C
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It depends and is irrelevant depending on what you are doing.