Best Language

Question

are languages closer to human language less powerful than machine like languages

Answer 1

Depends on the languages themselves.
Usually yes, like Python

Answer 2

Each language has its own streghts and weaknesses .As it is difficult to learn all languages, one has to know what he/she is going to use the language for. html and php and java script is useful for web development, java is a strong and general purpose language ......I personally like python as a first laguage as it has less syntex and more cocepts. it will make learning second languages easier....
Good Luck on your choice of language!