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For the field of work I want to go in, I believe Java would be a good language choice when it comes to computer development, but the C program when it comes to game development.

Java is used a lot in programming companies and I think it will continue to be popular in some areas. I know the Java language to play a big part in computer development for companies like “Guidewire”, “Visit Orlando”, and more.

Java I see had very high ratings during 2002, but somehow just took a plunge between 2004-2005. Steadily over into the next year it has been climbing up, but still contains a kind of imbalance. C# has shot up tremendously! Being the lowest of the lowest on the charts, it’s now the highest rated language I’ve seen so far. Time will tell if these two languages will continue to succeed or sink down to nothing.

“Lua is a fast language engine with small footprint that you can embed easily into your application. Lua has a simple and well documented API that allows strong integration with code written in other languages. It is easy to extend Lua with libraries written in other languages. It is also easy to extend programs written in other languages with Lua. Lua has been used to extend programs written not only in C and C++, but also in Java, C#, Smalltalk, Fortran, Ada, Erlang, and even in other scripting languages, such as Perl and Ruby.”

“"Lua" (pronounced LOO-ah) means "Moon" in Portuguese. As such, it is neither an acronym nor an abbreviation, but a noun. More specifically, "Lua" is a name, the name of the Earth's moon and the name of the language. Like most names, it should be written in lower case with an initial capital, that is, "Lua". Please do not write it as "LUA", which is both ugly and confusing, because then it becomes an acronym with different meanings for different people. So, please, write "Lua" right!”

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