Newbie Programming Language Question

After reading several books on fractals, I want to write programs to display
fractal images and landscapes on my computer. I could use a canned fractal
program, but I want to learn to do the graphics myself. I'm not much of a
programmer - I wrote my masters thesis in Turbo Pascal a decade ago - hence
the newbie questions.

I've heard that OpenGL is great for graphics, should I use it? I know that
OpenGL is an API, so what language goes around it? C, C++, or ....? Is
there something else I should use. What compiler do you recommend I use to
go with the language you recommend?

Thanks in advance! I appreciate any and every input.

Rick Jenkins


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