10-29-2009, 08:32 AM
(10-29-2009, 08:02 AM)Keyreaper Wrote: Okay a newbie this may seem like an odd question but I'm thinking about jumping in to the world of programming and was wondering how come not use windows for set up for C++? Or any .net based things out there like VB or C#?
Knowing Windows or .net is O.K. if you only plan to program in Windows...Which, if you consider Windows has like 98% of the desktop market, isn't that bad of a decision....But if you really want to program/hack then you'll have to move to a box that is open source so you can explore the kernel functionality which windows has locked down.
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