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Posted by met00 on 03/02/07 09:36
deko wrote:
> For building Windows desktop apps, the clear favorite is C#. But my
> clients
> 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?
>
> 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?
>
> What about C and C++?
I hate to quote a FAQ...
http://www.stack.nl/htmlhelp/faq/cgifaq.1.html
1.12: What languages should I know/use?
It isn't really that important. Use what you're comfortable with,
or what you're constrained (eg by your manager) to use.
If you're just dabbling with programming, Perl is a good choice, simply
because of the wealth of ready-to-run Perl/CGI resources available.
If you're serious about programming, you should be at home in a
range of languages. C, the industry standard, is a must (at least to
the level of comfortably reading other people's code). You'll
certainly want at least one scripting language such as Perl, Python
or Tcl. C++ is also a very good idea.
In response to a Usenet newbie question:
> I am seriously wanting to learn some CGI programming languages
J.M. Ivler wrote some eloquent words of wisdom:
> If you want to learn a programming language, learn a programming
language.
> If you want to learn how to do CGI programming, learn a programming
> language first.
>
> My book is one of the few that tackles two languages at the same time.
> Why? because it's not about languages (which are just syntax for logic).
> CGI programming is about programming, and how to leverage the experience
> for the person coming to the site, or maintaining the site, or in
some way
> meeting some requirements. Language is just a tool to do so.
##
Damn that guy was sure smart... ;-)
word has it that he still shows up in newsgroups now and then...
some say he is playing in the php world these days...
Me? Him? Never!
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