Looking for a new language.

[Nanaki]

Hi all,

I'm used of programming for Windows with a BASIC-like scripting syntax. I'm looking for something similar. I want it to be the following:

- compilable for different OS'es (Linux and Windows for a start);
- capable of programming a GUI;
- well documented or with decent community support;
- no runtimes are needed for execution;
- eventually with a programming environment, but I got kinda used to Notepad.

Is there anything like this? I'm no "professional" programmer, but I do want my future tools to be on Linux too.

Thanks in advance :)

[jerome bettis]

python is really nice, but be warned it will spoil you. after spending about 3 days actually working in it i never ever want to go back to c++ or java - before that i loved both languages but i can do the same thing in python in much less time and actually enjoy it.

you're a programmer, don't use notepad. spend an afternoon getting familiar with vim or emacs.