Re: Between C and Java - which is easier for writing networking software

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:57:55 -0600, subramanian100in@xxxxxxxxx, India
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On Jan 29, 12:47 am, user923005 <dcor...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jan 28, 9:41 pm, "subramanian10...@xxxxxxxxx, India"

<subramanian10...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have good programming skills in C and C++ in the application
software development.

Now I want to learn TCP/IP networking, network management and practice
writing some networking and network management applications.To try
this, which language - between C and Java, is easier. Which of these
two languages has features that are easy to learn ?

It depends on what you are trying to write.

If you are trying to write a TCP/IP stack, then C or C++ makes sense.
If you are writing an HTTP client, then Java would make more sense.

For writing network management software, which one of C and Java shall
be chosen.

For writing low-level instrumentation of managed systems, devices and
peripherals, you would likely use C instead. Since you say you already
now C and C++ but not Java, learning network development in language
you already know might make sense, instead of trying to learn two new
things simultaneously.

If you want to write a GUI application to use to manage a network,
which connects via TCP/IP to the instrumented devices on the network,
then either Java, C++ or a browser-based approach would make more sense
than C. All have been used in the past for this purpose.



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