Or the future of world programming is Linux programming or Windows programing.
2006-07-17 14:43:48 · 7 answers · asked by milad 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
If you are programming at the C or C++ level, JAVA, or scripts, you can learn them on any platform. Windoze and MAC will cost for the compiler(s). You can learn using Linux for free. http://www.linuxiso.org/
2006-07-17 14:55:07 · answer #1 · answered by batty_professor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You seem to think that you're comparing the same things here. You're not. Linux and Windows like to talk about competing with each other, but as they currently are the systems really serve different functions, and different users. The masses using Windows will probably not be well served by the Linux software support. The people out there who need Linux (or use it for fun), would likely not be well served by the Windows feature set. The systems are different, the uses are different, and the heavy users are different (the casual users could probably manage on anything with a web browser).
Given that the systems are different, and serve different purposes, each really does need its own set of APIs and capabilities... otherwise, what you're asking is something more like "Which is better, plumbing work or electrician work?" You need both to serve the needs of both systems.
2006-07-17 14:55:50 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, more than 90 percent of the people are using Windows compared to about 2% using Linux. If you want to write programs that will be widely used you would probably prefer Windows. In future most people will still be using Windows and if you want to write commercial applications you will have a much bigger number of customers with Windows.
2006-07-17 14:48:55 · answer #3 · answered by inw99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows 8 will run software from earlier versions of windows without issue. I've seen visual studio recommended and you have mentioned mingw. Well, visual studio is probably the better windows software but isn't fully compliant to either the C or C++ specifications, its cool and all (and can be set to use MinGW as a backend) but perhaps isn't the most suited to a beginner. The IDE I used to learn was Code::Blocks. They offer it for mac, windows and linux, it is compatible with a large range of compiler backends (including the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler used in visual studio) and also has a version available with MinGW included to get you started (in Code::Blocks you may have to select GCC as MinGW is essentially a windows port of GCC). The version with MinGW included ends up being a simple case of running the Code::Blocks installer and sure enough it will run and be capable of finding the compiler for you. The install process is the same as on previous versions of windows, it will just run as a desktop application (maybe one day you could work towards making a C IDE on the ModernUI :D ). Some extra links are in the source below. First is the C tutorial I used. The second is a tutorial on setting up Code::Blocks and running it for the first time, includes all relevant links.
2016-03-26 22:09:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My ex-husband has been in computer programming and system design since the 70's...He has always used Linux.
2006-07-17 14:49:31 · answer #5 · answered by sleepless in the ATL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
though i support the open source community, lets face it- the money is in microsoft so your pay is definitely higher if you're a windows programmer. Go where the money is baby!
2006-07-17 16:47:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linux programming is better. windows is too convoluted and decroted.
2006-07-17 14:48:41 · answer #7 · answered by the redcuber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋