The Little Guy Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 What programming language would you use to program Linux software? Or, what languages are available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 What programming language would you use to program Linux software? That would entirely depend on what the programs intended purpose is. Most command line tools are written in C, though there would be a fairly high percent also written in scripting languages such as Bash, Python or Perl. Or, what languages are available? Too many to mention. The most popular I would guess as being C, C++ and the scripting languages mentioned above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamez Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 I have always wonder this, now I know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 I'm a fan of C, C++, and Perl. I use Perl for processing files and stuff, and I use C and C++ for general tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 C++ or PHP here. Sometimes Java. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 C++ or PHP here. Sometimes Java. Yeah, I also use PHP on the CLI, but not TOO often. I often find that I can write the script better in Perl or another language. I typically use PHP just for web development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 Out of the options you guys have suggested, I am thinking PHP, or Python, since I am most familiar with those two... So... other than http://gtk.php.net or http://docs.python.org are their any good tutorial sites (I dislike manuals for tutorials, only for reference)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamez Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 The Ultimate Website for tutorials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Out of the options you guys have suggested, I am thinking PHP, or Python, since I am most familiar with those two... So... other than http://gtk.php.net or http://docs.python.org are their any good tutorial sites (I dislike manuals for tutorials, only for reference)? Again, this really depends on what your planning on making. If your planning on making an app with a gui, I definately wouldn't go down the php-gtk path. This will just create dependencies that knowone will wont to install. Assuming that is of course your planning on having other people install the software on there machines. Python's gtk or qt interfaces would be a pretty sain bet, but once again this depends on what your app is meant to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 C++ or PHP here. Sometimes Java. Yeah, I also use PHP on the CLI, but not TOO often. I often find that I can write the script better in Perl or another language. I typically use PHP just for web development. I'm a Perl nab. ;p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 Again, this really depends on what your planning on making ... but once again this depends on what your app is meant to do. Lets say in the future (many years form now) I wanted to make a PhotoShop/Paint Shop Pro/Gimp Look alike, what programming language would you suggest looking into to head into that direction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 C++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I would go with a lower level language. C/C++ for example (like thorpe said). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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