My personal choice is Visual Basic. Not because I have a specific bias towards Visual Basic but because with the release of .NET, Visual Basic is now faster and more useful than ever. Now with the same engines under the hood as C++, there is no reason to learn a harder language, when you can learn an easier one, and cut your work time in half without losing quality or speed. So read (unbiased) reviews on both of them and take my words into consideration, before you make your choice.