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New to programming, need some basic info.

So, I'm actually new to programming, and thought some basics would be really benefiting to me, I'm not really asking to be spoon-fed with everything you know, I just need some info to show where should i start, I can figure the rest by myself, but really am in doubt about which programming language i should use as a first one, I've been thinking about using python, since a friend recommended it, but some people also recommended me Java, and, since my roommate broke his computer i've been asked, more like forced really to install windows, so there's my second question, is there any difference if i run Ubuntu on a virtual machine? also, is any Linux distribution better or worse for this task? thank you in advance, and sorry if this thread isn't in the right place :D
 
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poll_mouse(3alleg4)						  Allegro manual					       poll_mouse(3alleg4)

NAME
poll_mouse - Polls the mouse. Allegro game programming library. SYNOPSIS
#include <allegro.h> int poll_mouse(); DESCRIPTION
Wherever possible, Allegro will read the mouse input asynchronously (ie. from inside an interrupt handler), but on some platforms that may not be possible, in which case you must call this routine at regular intervals to update the mouse state variables. To help you test your mouse polling code even if you are programming on a platform that doesn't require it, after the first time that you call this function Allegro will switch into polling mode, so from that point onwards you will have to call this routine in order to get any mouse input at all, regardless of whether the current driver actually needs to be polled or not. RETURN VALUE
Returns zero on success, or a negative number on failure (ie. no mouse driver installed). SEE ALSO
mouse_needs_poll(3alleg4), install_mouse(3alleg4), mouse_x(3alleg4), exlights(3alleg4), exmouse(3alleg4), exshade(3alleg4), exs- pline(3alleg4), extrans(3alleg4) Allegro version 4.4.2 poll_mouse(3alleg4)