[wplug] OT - Programming Languages

[Brian Medley]

On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 11:34:14AM -0400, Chris wrote:

> 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.

I'd try perl first (but that's only because I know and like perl :).  You
could write the hardware code as a C module and load using perl or
somesuch.  Perl has great support for talking to databases.  For the gui,
you could try perl for gtk, gtk2, wxperl, or perlqt.  You would also have
the wonders of CPAN at your disposal.

Another option is python.  I believe it has a similar feature set to what
perl has to offer.  They both have their strength and weaknesses, but I
can't really comment much on python b/c I have never programmed w/ it.

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