How to learn a programming language?

[God-like]

Often appear to discussions on what language is best to begin to plan, but no one has asked what the steps that must be followed in order to learn to use language or you risk having a knowledge of leopard spots "that is not no use.
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[DllD]

Hello to learn for the New language following is the simple way to start with:

• Choose the language.
• Learn to write 'hello world'
• Learn how to use the conditional jump and cycles for.
• To learn what the functions and procedures of standard library
• Learn to manage pointers
• To learn to program objects.

[God-like]

Hello to learn for the New language following is the simple way to start with:

* Choose the language.
* Learn to write 'hello world'
* Learn how to use the conditional jump and cycles for.
* To learn what the functions and procedures of standard library
* Learn to manage pointers
* To learn to program objects.

hmm .... how do I know what the library has formed a certain standard of language? The C is easy to find, but the others?