Hi, I''m new toLinux, and I''m just wondering what programminag languages it supports. Please help!

C, C++, Perl, Python, PHP, LISP, Just about anything you can imagine...except Visual Basic.
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Linux is a kernel, it supports no programming languages. However, there are compilers available for unixes which support Fortran, C, C++, various assembly instruction sets, object pascal, Java, et cetera. The GNU Compiler Collection (which is free and free) is the most common method of programming in C/C++ for unixes, using ''gcc'' and ''g++'' (two of the best compilers around), and it is often pre-installed with most distro''s. Look around online for more information (you can start at gcc.gnu.org).

quote: Original post by SuperRoy
C, C++, Perl, Python, PHP, LISP, Just about anything you can imagine...except Visual Basic.
Look for my tutorial coming soon on coding on Linux.
Please read this thread for more information Here.

Thanks

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Actually, there was at one point something similar to VB on Linux, haven''t heard much since though. There''s also Kylix which is RAD( it''s actually a port of Delphi for Linux ). I don''t know if Borland still supports it though... Anyhow...



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quote: Original post by Null and Void
Linux is a kernel, it supports no programming languages.

Relax, you knew what he was asking. That is why a lot of people don''t bother trying Linux (the OS) because they get answers like that.

And the world is that much worse off that they didn''t try linux.

If someone''s going to get discouraged at someone correcting the way they phrase questions, they''re sure as hell not going to make it much further than a linux-in-a-box solution.

quote: Original post by SDB
Relax, you knew what he was asking. That is why a lot of people don''t bother trying Linux (the OS) because they get answers like that.

You''ll notice that I didn''t not answer his question, and I don''t find what I said to be ridiculing in any way. It''s just that I think that more of a distinction should be made between miscellaneous software and operating systems. It''s no big deal .

Very nearly every language has been ported to Linux. Heck, a lot of them STARTED there. The ones that are important to game development (C, C++, Java, Python, Pascal, and so on) are all here.

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Bill

quote: Original post by Siebharinn
Very nearly every language has been ported to Linux. Heck, a lot of them STARTED there.

That''s stretching it a little bit. Remember, Linux != UNIX.

Anyway, operating systems don''t "support" languages; compilers, assemblers and IDEs do (so it''s a question of finding out whether your language of choice has a compiler available - and the answer is almost always "yes").

quote:
That''s stretching it a little bit. Remember, Linux != UNIX.

True. Neither is Solaris, Irix, HP-UX, on and on. Stop being so pedantic.

Take care,
Bill