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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 03/02/07 02:53
deko wrote:
> For building Windows desktop apps, the clear favorite is C#. But my
> clients
Completely debatable. I still see Visual Basic, C++ and others being used.
> can't afford to buy Microsoft products. So I need to develop software
> for Linux
> users and web applications.
>
> In the open source world, what is the programmer's language of choice?
>
It depends on the needs of the program. No one language is "best" -
that's why there are so many of them.
> Judging by the number of members in each of these
> http://www.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/Open_Source/ user
> groups, it looks like the top 3 open source languages are:
>
> 1. Java
> 2. PHP
> 3. Perl
>
> Does this mean Java is the open source language of choice? Are Java apps
> compiled, or is it an interpreted language?
>
No. It means those who answered the question picked Java as their choice.
> What about C and C++?
Not open source languages, so you're talking apples and oranges.
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