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<blockquote data-quote="samuel337" data-source="post: 5833" data-attributes="member: 10347"><p>Well, if you're talking about cross-platform, the only real options you have are Java and Mono (you can include Perl, Javascript and HTML but that's not what you're after). I'm sure there's some more obscure languages out there that are cross-platform, but these are the popular ones and probably the best supported.</p><p></p><p>With Mono though, you have to remember that programs that you write for Mono will not immediately work with the windows .NET framework and vice-versa. You will have to make modifications (albeit not a lot). For true cross-platform, I reckon Java the only one (correct me on this one though, I could be wrong).</p><p></p><p>If you're starting programming from the start however, I'd recommend VB.NET just because I think its much more readable. The learning curve for VB.NET and C# are pretty much the same I reckon, its just different syntax that you have to get use to. Both languages run on Mono, but C# is supported better (VB.NET support is experimental). VB.NET is also a lot more forgiving as it isn't case sensitive (or if it is, the IDE fixes it for you) - this is the one thing I hate about programming in C# (is there an option I'm missing?).</p><p></p><p>Both java and C# have open-source IDEs. For java check out <a href="http://java.sun.com" target="_blank">http://java.sun.com</a>, and for C# do a google search for CSharpDevelop. I think you will have to download the .NET SDK though for C#, which is 100 or so MB...</p><p></p><p>HTH</p><p></p><p>Feel free to correct anything in this post - I only started 'real' programming at the start of last year...</p><p></p><p>Sam</p><p>p.s. C and C++ are different to C#.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="samuel337, post: 5833, member: 10347"] Well, if you're talking about cross-platform, the only real options you have are Java and Mono (you can include Perl, Javascript and HTML but that's not what you're after). I'm sure there's some more obscure languages out there that are cross-platform, but these are the popular ones and probably the best supported. With Mono though, you have to remember that programs that you write for Mono will not immediately work with the windows .NET framework and vice-versa. You will have to make modifications (albeit not a lot). For true cross-platform, I reckon Java the only one (correct me on this one though, I could be wrong). If you're starting programming from the start however, I'd recommend VB.NET just because I think its much more readable. The learning curve for VB.NET and C# are pretty much the same I reckon, its just different syntax that you have to get use to. Both languages run on Mono, but C# is supported better (VB.NET support is experimental). VB.NET is also a lot more forgiving as it isn't case sensitive (or if it is, the IDE fixes it for you) - this is the one thing I hate about programming in C# (is there an option I'm missing?). Both java and C# have open-source IDEs. For java check out [url]http://java.sun.com[/url], and for C# do a google search for CSharpDevelop. I think you will have to download the .NET SDK though for C#, which is 100 or so MB... HTH Feel free to correct anything in this post - I only started 'real' programming at the start of last year... Sam p.s. C and C++ are different to C#. [/QUOTE]
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