<p>what are the useful programming languages?</p>
<p>i'm still in HS and i think i should learn some of them before entering college.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I would suggest knowing C (some C++ knowledge would be nice too) and Java. Most intro classes i've seen use C/C++, Java or Python.</p>
<p>Try to become fimiliar with MatLab if you can...while its not a language, its a subset of C that a lot of schools seem to use (mine inlcuded). Also, you can do many of the things you can in C in matlab, and it has specific applications for engineering..</p>
<p>I'd say Java, C/C++, Python</p>
<p>Java, C, C++, Scheme.</p>
<p>You can get lectures and the textbook (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs) from MIT. Lectures are also available at Ars Digita.</p>
<p>You can get lectures for the above languages from Berkeley's CS61 sequence. They include MIPs Assembler.</p>
<p>Anant Agarwal has a course on MIT OCW on the EE side. He's written a textbook that's the text for the course.</p>
<p>I'd suggest learning some discrete math too. Very useful in some EE and CS courses.</p>
<p>I would start with Python in high school. Python is a great introductory language.</p>
<p>thanks a lot guys.</p>
<p>i'll be messing around with those programs during weekends =)</p>