From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 31 22:00:58 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1AAA16A417 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:00:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kneel.pardoe@virgin.net) Received: from n068.sc1.he.tucows.com (smtpout0160.sc1.he.tucows.com [64.97.136.160]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A10D13C4E5 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:00:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kneel.pardoe@virgin.net) Received: from sc1-out05.emaildefenseservice.com (64.97.139.2) by n068.sc1.he.tucows.com (7.2.069.1) id 4769316E003104C2 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:00:57 +0000 X-SpamScore: 2 X-Spamcatcher-Summary: 2, 0, 0, 8e282dfb411c22d4, fc41cb1ab6cf500f, kneel.pardoe@virgin.net, -, RULES_HIT:355:379:599:601:945:966:967:973:980:988:989:1260:1261:1277:1311:1312:1313:1314:1345:1358:1359:1437:1515:1516:1518:1519:1534:1540:1593:1594:1595:1596:1711:1730:1747:1766:1792:2194:2196:2199:2200:2393:2525:2551:2553:2559:2563:2682:2685:2693:2828:2857:2859:2933:2937:2939:2942:2945:2947:2951:2954:3022:3027:3352:3865:3867:3868:3869:3870:3934:3936:3938:3941:3944:4250:4385:4699:5007:7652: 7679, 0, RBL:none, CacheIP:none, Bayesian:0.5, 0.5, 0.5, Netcheck:none, DomainCache:0, MSF:not bulk, SPF:, MSBL:none, DNSBL:none X-Spamcatcher-Explanation: Received: from [192.168.0.2] (unknown [64.97.206.40]) (Authenticated sender: kneel.pardoe@virgin.net) by sc1-out05.emaildefenseservice.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:00:57 +0000 (UTC) From: neal To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:00:41 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) References: <4dc0cfea0712310757u7a970bb0rb2b29a931ad9767b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4dc0cfea0712310757u7a970bb0rb2b29a931ad9767b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200712312200.41705.kneel.pardoe@virgin.net> Subject: Re: Low Level Language Suggestions: OT X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:00:58 -0000 On Monday 31 December 2007, Victor Subervi wrote: > Hi; > Way OT here...but don't know where else to ask ;) > I'm considering starting an open source project for > language translation. Initially, I'll write this in > python (with both MySQL and OpenLDAP for different > needs). But the processing will be heavy duty, so I need > to look toward a low-level language. I am not good in any > :( I'm thinking Java's probably my best bet, just because > there are more Java programmers out there than any other > language (I think). But what about C++ or C#? Your > comments would be appreciated. > TIA, > Victor checkout freepascal. its oo, has good language features, easier to learn than c/c++, well established. good email list for developer advice. http://www.freepascal.org/download.var neal.