Shoutbox

Java isn't the newest version of C++. Java is a complete different language.

You can make DLL's, OCX's, whatever with VB...

You will benefit a lot from your learned programming skills. Programming is in essence the same in every language. A loop is a loop; how you approach certain things is the same; problems solving is the same; etc... The only difference is that different languages use different syntaxis. But the "programming" is the same. What you will learn now is think like a computer; learn what a program is; how it behaves; basic "skills"; etc. and you can indeed learn that the best and the quickest if you start in VB, because that is the easiest to understand and work with.

After that, you can (and apperently you will) switch to other languages like Java or C++. And you will find that learning those other languages will be very easy as the concept of programming is still the same in every language, you only need to learn the new syntax and then you can learn the new advanced things you can do with it....