Four days ago I actually told my cousin that If he masters Java, it will be trivial to learn another language especially if it's similar or builds on top of the Java toolchain, but what will matter is that he will know how to program in general and how to solve problems.
The first one is always the most difficult. Learning (almost) any language teaches one about variables, flow control, program organisation, etc. I knew c++ before I knew Java. Knowing c++ already certainly made it a lot easier to learn Java.
My high level language history starts in the 1970s with FORTRAN, then in chronological order: BASIC, CORAL, Pascal, Ada, C, C++, Java.
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Is that true?
Does learning a programming language actually teach you how to solve problems.
Programming languages only give you structure in solving problems.
My opinion is that learning a programming language will not teach you how to solve problems. Better read something written on the topic about the most commonly used algorithms and in general how to compose an algorithm using a simple flowchart. Then what language you write the program in depends on the specific task and personal preferences. As I say in such conversations, you cannot expect a person who does not distinguish between a logarithm and an algorithm to write a meaningful program.
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