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• BASH - Borne Again SHell A command line shell favorite of many Linux distos. The name came from a pun on Stephen Bourne, the author.

• C++ Originally known as C With Classes. Then some pointed out that since this language adds object oriented features, such as classes, and other enhancements to the C programming language, it should be called C++ This is a pun on a C language command as C was a variable being incremented by one.

• DOS A command line OS that still finding life on machines. Most of the time as a single use machine. DOS is an acronym for Disk Operating System. Not to be confused with DoS - Denial of Service.

• Gambas (Name is a recursive acronym for Gambas Amost Means Basic!) is a free, open source object oriented development environment for Linux. It's syntax is similar to VB and has many Dephi like features in the IDE. Programs written in Gambas can currently access many different kinds of databases (from Firebird, MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, to ODBC), work across networks, etc.

• LiveCode a cross-platform rapid application development runtime environment inspired by HyperCard. It features the Transcript (formerly MetaTalk) programming language which belongs to the family of xTalk scripting languages like HyperCard's HyperTalk.

• Pascal (Mainly Free Pascal and Lazarus)

• QB Remember Quick Basic from the DOS days?

• Savvy A nearly dead language I sometimes have to work with for clients using old systems.

• VB6 A favorite for throwing together quick and dirty disposable programs when I was still using Windoze.

• VBDOS An attempt to give QB a text base GUI appearance. Can be a little annoying to work with due to clunky way of changing back and forth between the code / form modes.

• XTERM A terminal I use in Linux to run my Python interface in. Here is some tips on configuring it's fonts

External Sources

• Google Code provides a free collaborative development environment for open source projects

• Planet Source Code a site that allows you to view source code before downloading it.

• CodeProject is a community of Software development and Design developers joined together with certain common goals: to learn, to teach and to have fun programming.

• Happy Codings Sample source code examples

• Codecademy is an online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in programming languages like Python, JavaScript, and Ruby, as well as markup languages including HTML and CSS

• Stack Overflow is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast programmers.