Which language?

[dsladev]

I'll go ahead and say sorry just in case this isnt the right place for this question.

I know less about computer programming than i do about latin (i dont know latin) but i want to creat a program that when i start it up i have a place where i can type in some words (such as a search engine within my information) and underneath that a menu (it can be simple like a number menu such as 1. Great War 2. Languages, etc.) and i have all the information that ill put into the program but what would be the best language to learn to create this menu of mine? i dont need to be privy to the internet bc i have all the information but i just want to catalogue it all kinda.

I am running linux and i have a c++ book that i got awhile back, it looks fun with all the technical stuff.. but what about linux bash script (?)?

Thanks!

[elija]

How is the information stored?

Collection of files, database, both?

Perl is very very good at searching and processing files and I think it has a pretty good database interface as well

[b2bwild]

If you are a beginner

I would highly recommend you dynamic languages like
Ruby or Python, both are powerful and easy.
Python Programming Language -- Official Website
Ruby Programming Language

If you want something easy to build GUI applications like Visual Basic.
Use Gambas
Gambas - Gambas Almost Means Basic


though there are many more options for development.

All these languages support many back-ends and got many libraries to make your work easy.

[elija]

Ah Gambas! I had forgotten about that. A fun and simple basic like language that can achieve some powerful results. Not sure how good it is at processing files though.

[b2bwild]

Well gambas supports many SQL backends, which is enough for database oriented applications.

But text processing libraries are not no match to Python's abilities.