Programming Language for a scientist?

I am going to major in electrical engineering and my classes will be starting from fall 2008. I am planning to take a comp language in summer 2008. I am thinking to take Visual Basic because after


you learn to code you can make quickly gui and use your programme in the real world. However, if i learn C++ i can only access what i did through some software like turboC++....compilers etc.


Tell me a programming language that would enable me to start making small programs with gui, which i can use easily in daily life and can also carry them around in flash drive???





Please guide!!!!

Programming Language for a scientist?
With GUI?


Definitly JAVA.


But don't science realted fields use C++?


I like using JAVA for GUI (making applets).
Reply:C# is where you want to go... you have the rapid development of a gui per your VB thought, but also the flexibility of c++. (plus if your really need to you can use the dlls compiled from c# and use them in VB or vise-versa)
Reply:Java isn't too bad- it's a good programming language for making visual things with. Many programs on the internet use Javascript.





Try going to www.jcreator.com- this is the same program I used in my AP Java class. It's free, it's good, and it has a huge help file- and, if you learn C++, it's not terribly different from it.
Reply:I'd stick with C++ or C# for web GUIs for scientific applications.





You can use Sybase PowerBuilder to rapidly build Microsoft-class applications that are based in C++.





Flash ActionScript is also a good choice for rich media content.
Reply:Visual Studio software will do the GUI components for you.





Just drag and drop them onto your form.
Reply:You can do GUIs with C++, it just might be a little trickier. In Visual C++, using the MFC library allows you to design GUIs very much the same way as you do in VB.





C# is like a hybrid between C's syntax and VB's quick usability, you might choose this language. I like C# because I've found that it is very quick, time to develop most apps can be ridiculously low depending on skill.
Reply:Java, i use that excessively its a brilliant piece of work.....well what i make it do is!:D
Reply:I suggest you look up on the internet for Visual Basic.net tutorials. see if you can get a demo version somewhere.





that way you should make an idea on how difficult it is, because you seem to have none. (book shops have some really good stuff too)





it takes 10 minutes to learn how to make an application that pops up a window saying "hello world" in vb, I don't know about C++.