Re: Chosing a programming language for today and the next 10 years

2011-03-23 Thread Kevin Fries
On 03/23/2011 11:06 AM, Stephen wrote: This is a great bit of information, One thing he does not mention is the similarities in all of these languages, you learn one the others get somewhat easier... (not all but many) Good point... And you are right in a way, but not completely. You basicall

Re: Chosing a programming language for today and the next 10 years

2011-03-23 Thread Stephen
This is a great bit of information, One thing he does not mention is the similarities in all of these languages, you learn one the others get somewhat easier... (not all but many) On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Kevin Fries wrote: > On 03/23/2011 10:03 AM, Taylor, Kaia wrote: > > I read that you

Re: Chosing a programming language for today and the next 10 years

2011-03-23 Thread Kevin Fries
On 03/23/2011 10:03 AM, Taylor, Kaia wrote: I read that you want a win desktop application, as opposed to a device driver, for instance. I am guessing that code efficiency is lower down on the list than coding time. So I see it as a matter of balancing how quickly you want that desktop app wr

RE: Chosing a programming language for today and the next 10 years

2011-03-23 Thread Taylor, Kaia
.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Eric Cope Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 12:53 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Chosing a programming language for today and the next 10 years Personally, I'd learn C and then C++ and then Objecti

Re: Chosing a programming language for today and the next 10 years

2011-03-23 Thread Eric Cope
Personally, I'd learn C and then C++ and then Objective C. The basics of C applies to both C++ and Objective C. Its good for embedded stuff and standard computer platforms. Java is appealing from its cross platform ability, but with Oracle at the helm, I've heard grumblings that it may be going now

Re: Chosing a programming language for today and the next 10 years

2011-03-23 Thread Nathan England
Wow, such a windows question, and written to a linux group! Dare I bring up Qt and KDE ? I realize neither is a language, but with the future of Qt and KDE looking to scale to mobile devices, it only makes sense to plan future applications to be written with C++ using the incredibly impressive Qt

Re: Chosing a programming language for today and the next 10 years

2011-03-22 Thread Joseph Sinclair
Lots here, Hopefully this will help. 1) Windows is a terrible bet. It's already having trouble in the market on multiple fronts; it doesn't scale up to servers (well), it doesn't scale down to mobile devices, and it won't likely work well with the transition to ARM architectures and a more div

Chosing a programming language for today and the next 10 years

2011-03-22 Thread keith smith
Hi, I would like to build a desktop application to run in Windows. And I am looking to the future... 10 years, if that is possible. With mobile computing (smart phones) starting to emerge, and a possible future dominance by Apple devices, I would like to try to prep for that too. 25 yea