I would definitely look at Java and JBuilder. Not only will this allow you to target Linux and Windows, but add Mac, Solaris, Free BSD, SCO Unix, Tru64 Unix, Palm OS, Nokia Cell OS, Motorolla OSes, IBM's AIX, AS/400, and OS/390. That should just cover about anything.
Please none of the old arguments, Java is too slow.. Try it on a Pentium class machine with 128 meg of Ram, and you will find that using the latest JDK and Hotspot or the IBM JIT, it offers quite acceptable performance (about as fast as native compiled code back in the 486 days, using a P200 with 128 meg Ram, which is less than an entry level machine today). It is as fast as 90% of Python programs would be.
Plus, with the new Java Web Start technology and of course the legendary Servlet, JSP, EJB, and applet support Java will handle most any kind of application task you can think of. When you need to integrate with legacy code, you have JNI.
JBuilder is one of the easiest and most Robust Java IDE's to use as well. Net Beans isn't bad either.
JBuilder 4 Foundation is a free download. So is Net Beans. Both will run on Windows,Linux, and Solaris. JBuilder also has a Mac OS X version.
For JBuilder, go to www.borland.com/jbuilder
For NetBeans, go to www.netbeans.org
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I would definitely look at Java and JBuilder. Not only will this allow you to target Linux and Windows, but add Mac, Solaris, Free BSD, SCO Unix, Tru64 Unix, Palm OS, Nokia Cell OS, Motorolla OSes, IBM's AIX, AS/400, and OS/390. That should just cover about anything. Please none of the old arguments, Java is too slow.. Try it on a Pentium class machine with 128 meg of Ram, and you will find that using the latest JDK and Hotspot or the IBM JIT, it offers quite acceptable performance (about as fast as native compiled code back in the 486 days, using a P200 with 128 meg Ram, which is less than an entry level machine today). It is as fast as 90% of Python programs would be. Plus, with the new Java Web Start technology and of course the legendary Servlet, JSP, EJB, and applet support Java will handle most any kind of application task you can think of. When you need to integrate with legacy code, you have JNI. JBuilder is one of the easiest and most Robust Java IDE's to use as well. Net Beans isn't bad either. JBuilder 4 Foundation is a free download. So is Net Beans. Both will run on Windows,Linux, and Solaris. JBuilder also has a Mac OS X version. For JBuilder, go to www.borland.com/jbuilder For NetBeans, go to www.netbeans.org