Posted by Benjamin on 03/02/07 02:39

On Mar 1, 6:14 pm, "deko" <d...@nospam.com> 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?
It depends a lot on what your writing a program for. One language may
be great for on job but be incapable of doing another.
>
> Judging by the number of members in each of thesehttp://www.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/Open_Source/user
> groups, it looks like the top 3 open source languages are:
>
> 1. Java
One of the biggest advantages of Java is the same code runs on any
platform that supports Java (and there are quite a few).
> 2. PHP
PHP is my favorite language for web scripting. It has lots of tools to
help create XHTML websites and apps such as easy database connections.
> 3. Perl
>
Another great language is Python. It's wonderful for writing little
apps including desktop applications. It's a fantastic language.

> Does this mean Java is the open source language of choice? Are Java apps
> compiled, or is it an interpreted language?
Java code is compiled into bytecodes which are execute by the Java
Virtual Machine.
>
> What about C and C++?
Still, many desktop apps are written in these languages.

Good Luck!

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