MacroQuest64

What programming language should I concentrate on?

I took a semester of Pascal over a decade ago and another of Java and C+ six years ago, so I'm a very rusty newb.

What language does MQ2 most resemble? What is the next big thing? I started reading up on C++ on the internet until the proverbial friend walked up and said C# was better. Where do you recommend focusing my efforts?

Any good articles, discussions, or MB's covering this?

For writing macros, study a scripting language like perl or javascript.
For writing plugins, study C++.
Avoid C# unless you have need of its "specialness".

The best way to learn macroing is by doing. Find a simple macro and expanding on it, testing is a newbie zone somewhere (so you won't die).