Depends on your pre-knowledge, I guess.
If You have experience with basic, c or any other programming language,
you can do it in less than 6 months (not all details, also depending how
much you have to know). Even on this list everyone is still a
lingo-student, we'll always be.
But it is definitely worth it. What most "real" programmers don't see,
is, that lingo is an easy-to-use but very powerful cross-platform
authoring environment. Not only where you know it (like CD-Rom,
Terminals and Internet) but also for completely other things. Eg I have
been developing a SMS-flirt-system (SMS=ShortMessageService of european
mobile phones) and development was much easier and faster than it could
have been done with any other language. And guess how long it took to
convert the Mac movie for Windows (including Database!)? 2 minutes,
that's it.
So definitely, go buy a beginners book and start learning.
The only negative: don't expect lingo to be really fast (3D etc). It is
sufficient for most things but if real speed is what you need - forget it.
regards, Florian
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