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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(strider @ Aug 13 2007, 07:43 AM) [snapback]304377[/snapback]</div>

Here's a question, which programming tool is the best? And why are there so many?
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That totally depends on what you want to do.

For a stand alone application, you can use C (c++, c# or plain C) or Java. Most people may tell you c++ is an hardcore choice but then again it depends on the nature of your project.

PHP, ASP, Perl and python are mainly used in webbased applications.

For starters I recommend java or python