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

subramanian100in@xxxxxxxxx, India wrote:
Thanks to everyone.

I possess only ISO99 C and ISO98 C++ programming skills.

Since theoretical concepts about TCP/IP, SNMP etc. are common, I have
to learn them anyway, independent of programming language. I will do
that.

But I do not know multithreading, Interprocess Communication, Sokets
API, and other UNIX system calls.

Under this situation, between C and Java, which will be the language I
should choose to learn.

Either would work. I think you will find that Java is easier if
you want to do casual, regular tasks with TCP/IP. It's very easy
to set up a socket -- you just create a Socket object and call a
few methods on it, and away you go. Likewise, threads are very
easy in Java. If you want to make a server that listens on a
socket, creating a ServerSocket object and spawning a new thread
for every accepted connection is a task that will take a short
time indeed.

On the other hand, using the C language and the Berkeley sockets
API will get you a little bit closer to the machine, and you
might learn more details about how Unix works under the hood.
(Java intentionally hides those details, which is great for
making it easier to write portable programs but not as great for
helping you understand the details of what's going on behind the
scenes.)

Really, either language would be OK. There is no wrong answer
on this one. In fact, maybe the best answer is that you should
do a little network programming with both, just to compare the
approaches.

- Logan
.

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