[sjspry]

Object Oriented programming is still procedural (but with OBJECTS!). Was this something about the choice of language instead? If it is (like I think it is), do what others have said and just pick the one most people agree on.

Basically, all languages are fundamentally the same (OK, except things like Erlang and Haskell, but we'll ignore those...) so the only real difference is available libraries and syntax. I personally choose Java because of the huge standard library (which is, sadly, diminished in the microedition) and because I hate how the WPILib has things named in C++ (I loathe the Microsoft coding style).

Anyway, you could pretty easily learn Java. Especially with NetBeans and the Javadocs. If you like to use pointers, though, you'll probably beat your head against your desk sometimes...