[wplug] OT - Programming Languages

[sendai]

Anytime I need to access USB, serial or parallel ports I pull out the C.
I have yet to come across another language that could interface with
them as gracefully, with the exception of C++ of course. 

Cross platform code might be a bit of a problem with the USB though. As
far as I know, the only practical way to access USB in Windows is with
the Windows DDK. I could very well be mistaken since I don't write much
code for Windows, but I ran into that problem a few months ago.

Hope this helps. 

-----Original Message-----
From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org] On Behalf Of
Chris
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 11:34 AM
To: wplug at wplug.org
Subject: [wplug] OT - Programming Languages

I know that this is a little off topic, but I really don't know where
else
to ask.

I am thinking about developing an application that will have to interact
with a few devices (Serial/Parallel/USB) and a backend DB.  It will be
used
to run a Tanning Salon so it will have to be mouse driven.  What are
some
good languages that will do this and could run on Windows and Linux
without
much modification?  I don't mind learning a new language at all.

Any help or advice would be great.
Oh, I would open source it if I do it.

Thanks,

Chris Romano

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