http://www.collab.net/nonav/downloads/subversion/gpg-key/RPM-GPG-KEY-csvn.asc[^] Well, I am installing Subversion 1.6 after all... Oh and for that matter, on OS X, perhaps it's OCD[^], but I always keep my clipboard clear with this script (as 'clipclear'): #!/bin/bash # Clear the clipboard echo -n '' | pbcopy EDIT: Oh, for the odd occasion I'm using the GUI, I use this Applescript: set the clipboard to "" :-D

Just so you know, I'm currently 15 (at time of writing - 02/07/08) and I would personally recommend, as a first language, any of the 'Basic' family of languages. Not that I'm a particular VB .NET fan (I started programming before the release of .NET express editions so I didn't use it first), but I think that it is by far the most readable to a non-programmer and just by looking at a portion of code e.g.

If Str.Equals(OtherString) Then
' Do action
End If

it is clearly obvious what the code does! Also, for that matter, .NET has excellent RAD capability and no one wants to start learning to program on the console (although I did...) as most fun or simple programs look a lot better and seem more fun with a GUI... Also, for that matter, the .NET languages also work on Linux and OS X via Mono[^] so they suit both platforms... After VB .NET, C# is an obvious progression at least temporarily and it is worth learning to be able to write both as one is normally better than the other for most projects... Finally, with a bit more experience, I found that scripting for websites is also a nice thing to learn as it helps with your syntax for languages such as C# if you learn PHP or Perl. The other obvious choices are Python and Ruby as they are rising fast and being used everywhere... (although Python is already used everywhere :-D ) Python, while being fairly easy to understand, is used everywhere and, as a quick and simple way to learn python for younger users, Guido van Robot[^] is an option which is a beginner's language based on python! Finally, I hope my fairly lengthy response has helped and maybe been of some use to you! Best of luck, TechKid P.S. As a side note, don't go for what I did which is to learn windows shell scripting and C++ first (many years ago) because, though it worked for me, it induced a large time delay as C++ is not very GUI friendly compared to the .NET languages. Since we have such useful and simple languages available now (which I didn't then), it is probably worth starting with one of them :-D