which one that you prefer ?

programming for the java VM
programming for windows using the naked APIs
programming for the windows using the MFC
programming for the windows using the .Net Framework
Programming for the windows using a new technology liike XNA
programming for the windows using the WPF windows presentation foundation
programming for the web using the web languages
programming with the scripting languages for the web CGI
programming for the linux as a application programer
programming for the linux as a kernel programmer
programming for the dos as a application programemr

what is your best programming language environment and best programming plactform , we cannot master all the things know .

Generally prefer Intel compilers, al though what I have licensed is highly out of date, so I generally fall back on the GCC platform.  If I have the option to me, I use MSVC's cl on WinNT.

I prefer the Qt toolkit for GUI development, but have toyed around with GTK+ somewhat and was /not/ impressed.

I occasionally fiddle around in .NET, which I used to use heavily (especially at an old job), but really only use it for small Windows apps and Websites.  I have used the Mono framework when porting one aspx app to GNU/Linux.

Occasionally I do daemons so I use straight C and occasionally GLib and Mowgli as a complement library.

I stay away from Java like it's aids, because it is.  Win32 API doesn't appeal to me as well as a ton of other FOSS devs, due to the fact it's old and Microsoft has no plans on improving it or MFC.

Last, I do not use IDE's.  Crimson Editor is my favorite tool.

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