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Follow-up #2

Q

I bumped today into a Q.& A. about NT/UNIX advantages/disadvantages. I agree with everything about security-open/close source issues. However, you give UNIX a LOW programmability rating. I got a bit confused at this point. In my experience Microsoft keeps you well shelled out from the real programmability with wizards etc, while in UNIX, if you know your C and the set of system calls you can effectively write your own shell. I mean, UNIX is the one that ships with a C compiler, not NT. Am I right or am I wrong?

A

The key point is "if you know C".

I guess in my mind I give UNIX such a low programmability rating because for the average user the only realistic way to write a program is to use a Visual Studio wizard.

UNIX is traditionally harder to program in because you are forced to learn how to program rather than how to point and click.

Don't get me wrong; I myself program with Notepad when working with Windows, but I also appreciate that this may not make the most sense for all programmers and for all businesses.

Selena Sol contributes to the JavaBoutique's Introduction to Java. Selena curently works for Barclays Capital in London, one of the leading global investment banks in Europe and has worked as a software developer for the National Center for Human Genome research, Microline Software, Neuron Data, and Electric Eye in Singapore. Selena is perhaps best-known for creating the Public Domain Web Script Archive (Extropia) and writing several books on Web Programming (Perl, CGI, Java).
Email: selena@extropia.com

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