"None" is probably the right answer, given that the two primary proprietary OS vendors are naturally driven to sell apps for their systems that are incompatible with their competitors platforms, in an attempt to boost their own OS sales. Java was the first attempt to produce a "write once" language, but it has to date had limited success. You might have a chance with Python or Perl, depending on what you wanted your script to do. "Hello World" should be possible, but when you progress to a real world level of complexity the OS incompatibilities begin to bite.
Regarding a "simple web app": that is what Javascript was supposed to support, and look at all the browser-sniffing/blocking code that has evolved over the past 4 - 5 years due to incompatible browser implementations. --Doug On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm..I think there's a simpler question that I would like to ask: > > What language could I write a script in (no graphics, simply text in, text > out) that would run on all the computers used by Friam folks? > > I guess the most likely answer is "none" just use the browser and build a > trivial web-app. But still, I'm interested in the language most likely to > be on your systems. > > -- Owen > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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