Which code language has more power and capabilities?

Hello,

I just want to know which code is easy to use but still very powerful.

Actionscript 3.
Cocoa.
Cocoa Touch.
Java.
C++.

Or do you know of an other language.

P.S. I am going for desktop applications/games

actionscript cocoa touch java cpp code

asked Jun 06 '10 at 06:03

zezioen
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edited Jun 06 '10 at 06:09

6 Answers:

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C++ is very powerful but not easy to learn. Actionscript is powerful for the field it participates in and easy. Its always easier to learn a programming language if you already know one. Java is powerful. IMO, it is a moderately easy programming language to learn. Learn as many as you can friend!

answered Jun 06 '10 at 06:08

Acilius
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1	Should I be afraid that Flash might be gone pretty soon? (as in within the next 2 years) answered Jun 06 '10 at 06:12 zezioen 746●7●11●30 yes, be very afraid. (Jun 10 '10 at 12:19) dylmanning

Java, and the best place to use java? Making android apps, android API's are very powerfull and you can build much more powerful applications than cocoa touch

answered Jun 06 '10 at 06:06

AlphaComputing
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Thanks for your answer but I was more pointing to the desktop side of programming (forgot to tell)

(Jun 06 '10 at 06:08) zezioen

With the exception of actionscript, none of these languages are any more "powerful" than the previous. The reason: they can all act as a compiler for each other or one another respectively.

A compiler written in cocoa can translate AS3, cocoa, cocoa touch, java and/or C++ to native machine language, and subsequently invoke the OS method(s) to execute it.
A compiler written in cocoa touch can translate AS3, cocoa, cocoa touch, java and/or C++ to native machine language, and subsequently invoke the OS method(s) to execute it.
A compiler written in java can translate AS3, cocoa, cocoa touch, java and/or C++ to native machine language, and subsequently invoke the OS method(s) to execute it.
A compiler written in C++ can translate AS3, cocoa, cocoa touch, java and/or C++ to native machine language, and subsequently invoke the OS method(s) to execute it.

answered Jun 10 '10 at 11:53

Seb
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edited Jun 10 '10 at 12:59

0	Cocoa and Cocoa Touch are not programming languages, they are APIs. The languae that uses these APIs the most is Objective-C and in my opinion is the most powerful language. answered Apr 03 '11 at 18:52 Radium 1●1●1●1

C++ is by far the most powerful language you have listed, Cocoa and Cocoa touch are frameworks used with Objective-C (This is a programming language) to create applications for the Mac (Cocoa) and iOS (Cocoa touch). Java is very scalable but extremely resource hungry, this is most likely why it's used mostly for server-side enterprise solutions. ActionScript is used for scripting flash applets/programs, It is probably the least powerful language you listed.

answered Apr 03 '11 at 19:44

nso95
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