Yeah time spent leaning is good...I recently started leaning back C++...If u wanna be a programmer for the most part of ur life then ur safe bet is C++..If u dont believe then go check here the programmer job requirements in the big studios :-
http://www.gamedev.net/directory/careers/default.asp?occupationid=4That said,my first and last engine love is gamestudio..It is so powerful yet so easy to grasp...I just wait for the day a mainstream game is released in Gamestudio and then all GS programmers get hired in id software
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