Quote - Sheesh, if you write in C-sharp, Python is going to be a breeze for you ... I mean, even low-intracranial-activity types like me can get the noggin around Python, particularly matmatic (Bagginsbill basically takes the negligible "pain" out of shader-coding).

Looking forward to seeing what you create, MonkeyCloud!

PS: here's fervently hoping that coding shaders is going to be as painless for Cycles (Blender Python) as it is in Poser using matmatic.

RobynsVeil... actually I'd say C# is pretty accessible and straight forward to pick up and has few superficial differences to other contemporary objective-ey languages.

This probably has more to do with the Visual Studio IDE though... and the code completion / Intellisense etc. than anything else. I'd say overall, increasingly, the differences seem to be fewer than the similarities, between a lot of languages, at the level of C#, Java, etc... at least superficially.

Some core syntax aside...

Objective-C did certainly represent a bit more of a learning curve, if you're not coming from a C++ background. A very worthwhile learning curve though, I think... as you had to learn about memory management... and generally tidying up yor stuff, etc.

But Apple have now introduced Automatic Reference Counting (ARC)... which does, I guess, potentially make it more friendly to programmers arriving on the boat from script-kiddie land... which I did myself... originally... as well as a lot of code completion type stuff, in XCode.

But its objective javascript and python that I've been keen to get more into recently I'd say.

Again, I would be inclined to think of programming languages, IDEs, etc. as just more tools to get a job done... hammers, chisels, screwdrivers.

Sometimes, most times, in a work situation, you probably end up using what you find in the work store when you arrive on site... to fit in, and because there's an ongoing prior investment.

Still, a dremmel is a good multitool. But I wouldn't want to have to use one to try to chop down a tree... 

Sorry I guess this is off topic again... still... LOL ;-)