[Ilugc] LINUX FOR U
- From: lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Chandrashekar Babu)
- Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:36:46 +0530
Hi,
I think the differentiation was meant to place languages like PHP,
Python, Perl opposite to propertiery system based languages such as
Visual Basic, C#, . . .etc
Friend ,then how these languages were developed by..though PYTHON provide a
high level user experience ...so by programs does they hav developed??
Whether a programming language is open source of closed source depends
on two things - the language standards and the language implementation.
As C/C++/C# are languages based on Open standards (ANSI/ISO) - so
anyone can implement a compiler/toolchain for them.
There are open source compilers/toolchains (like GCC, LLVM) and
closed source ones (MS Visual Studio, AT&T C++, etc).
Some languages like PHP, Python and Perl are open-source in terms
of language design (though they might not be standardized as the
part of ISO/IEEE/ANSI) and their default implementation. Many of us
simply refer to them as Open source languages.
In comparison, Visual Basic, ASP and similar languages are proprietary
designs (done by a company) and come with a default implementation
that also is proprietary - we cannot classify them as open source
language/implementation.
Cheers,
Chandrashekar.
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