I appreciate the feedback. I think I will look harder at C#. I've already downloaded Visual Studio Express 2012. Would that version be ok, or are you suggesting 2010 for a particular reason?

Thanks I'll check that out.

Hello all, I'm trying to get back into programming. Studied C years ago. I've Perl in work for the last 10 years or so, but want to turn to C/C++/C#? Would like to do some Windows development and possibly some Android or iOS development in the future. I have my old C book from school by Kernighan and Ritchie. I've installed the Eclipse with CDT and MinGW. Hadn't gotten anything to compile yet, I think it's just a path issue with gcc. Just wanted some feedback here. Am I on the right track? Is Eclipse ok, thought about using MS Visual Studio Express. TIA