Abnet,

It's very good that you want to develop some model. There are n number of
options from which you can develop the model. The programming language options
is depends upon what type of daat you want to use & which format you want the
ouput.

Still using following options you can develop your model
1) Using ArcGIS or MapObject
2) Excel & AutoCAD
3) VB & Mapx
4) C/C++

If you need any further information feel free to ask me. I can help you more.

Regards,
Prashant


abiot89 <abiot89@...> wrote:

I am doing research on urban runoff modeling; I am expected to develop
a computer model to predict surface runoff in small urban catchments. I
don't have any programming experience before, now I am studying few
programming languages. But I haven't yet decided which programming
language I have to use. Can anybody give some advice which programming
language is good for me?

Abnet