Date: 05/22/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: programming, java, web

I'm interested in learning a programming language, and have been recommended to start with everything from Visual BASIC to Java to even just jumping right into C++. What I want to do is write a program where I can inpute information taken from the NASA website regarding star coordinates, velocities, etc., and be able to enter the information into the program and have the program compute the necessary calculations to yield the result that I want (rather than having to do the calculations by hand). What progamming language would you suggest for such a task as this?

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