初学者经常会提这种问题，楼上大概都答腻了。
其实不论是什么语言，学好了用途就大，学不好都没用
个人建议，如果想把编程作为职业，那就学JAVA, 随着vista的流行，C#也很看好。楼主是女生，我不推荐C++，因为是在是太累了。
如果是作为一个兴趣，python可能更好一些。
关于流行程度，请参考以下排名(转自TIOBE):
osition (Position) Programming Language Ratings (Ratings) Status
1 = Java 21.206% +4.21% A
2 = C 19.473% +3.14% A
3 = C++ 10.514% -4.79% A
4 ↑↑ Perl 9.884% +1.44% A
5 ↓ PHP 7.873% -2.55% A
6 ↓ (Visual) Basic 7.757% -2.38% A
7 ↑↑↑ C# 3.485% +1.85% A
8 = Python 2.883% -1.82% A
9 = JavaScript 1.921% +0.24% A
10 ↓↓↓ Delphi/Kylix 1.763% -3.05% A
11 ↑ SAS 1.296% +0.57% A
12 ↑ COBOL 1.039% +0.51% A
13 ↓↓ PL/SQL 0.966% -0.46% A
14 ↑↑↑ Lisp 0.688% +0.36% A-
15 ↑ VB.NET 0.678% +0.01% A-
16 ↑↑ Fortran 0.591% +0.26% A-
17 ↓↓ IDL 0.559% +0.21% A-
18 ↑ Ada 0.502% +0.18% B
19 ↓↓↓↓↓ Pascal 0.493% -0.26% B
20 ↑↑↑↑ ABAP 0.428% +0.18% B