[GHFigs]

Python.

I've been recommending Zed Shaw's "Learn Python The Hard Way"[1] a lot lately. The way it's structured makes it suitable for a pretty wide range of skill levels, as someone with a bit of prior programming experience can just go through the exercises they understand more quickly, learning the Python syntax along the way.

So even if as you say you won't have any problems learning the language, it's still a good way to do that, and once done, you can learn a lot more from the docs, reading code, and other books.

[1]: http://learnpythonthehardway.org/

[willgodfrey]

Thanks, I think this its going to be my weekend. Between this book and fmw's mention of the intuitive syntax, I think Python might be the way to go.