Had a question, Need some advice

[break4minutes]

First, and foremost, I have read through some of the threads previously posted and find them very interesting. I'm very close (2 semesters) away from finishing my Master's Degree in Mathematical Statistics and I work at an Occupational and Environmental Health Clinic. I have enjoyed my work and I'm looking to do a PhD in Biomedical Informatics or Biostatistics at the University of Utah.

With this said, outside of the statistical programs I have used (SAS, R, and Stata) I have no computer coding or computer language experience. I was wondering if there was a preferred language to start with?

Thanks everyone!!!

[Richard Finney]

Pick any with a '*' in the top ten of what's guessed to be actually used in the real world ...

http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html

1 C *
2 Java *
3 C++ *
4 Objective-C * (apple centric)
5 C# * (microsoft centric)
6 PHP (web content centric)
7 (Visual) Basic (microsoft centric)
8 Python *
9 Perl *
10 JavaScript (web centric)

[GenoMax]

Or .. You could just devise the algorithm and let a pro do the actual coding.