Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 17:46:03 -0800 (PST) From: Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> To: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Programming Book(s) Message-ID: <20060108014603.26952.qmail@web33310.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060108011528.GA4811@tigger.digitaltorque.ca>
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--- "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> wrote: > On 07/01/06 Jorge Biquez said: > > > Hello all. Very interesting comments and > suggestions. > > I hope my question does not seems too off > topic. Do you think the path to > > follow for developing applications for the > new PDA, Smartphones, Ipaq and > > similar devices it is the same? C or C++? I > have some friends that said it > > is the only way but I am not sure of that. > Any experiences or comments.? > > With the kind of hardware that can be put into > a device like that these days, > it's hard to tell, but I tend to see C/C++. > Occasionally I see Java, sometimes > Python. > > There is no rule for this, you simply use the > right tool for the job. > Am I the only one that has noticed that virtually everything written in Java sucks? I don't understand why its used. Is having a program that sucks on multiple platforms really an advantage over having a program that is good on 1 or 2 platforms? I really don't get it. DT __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com
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