I am interested in porting an application written for Mac OS X to Windows but I'm uncertain about the best APIs to use in terms of ease of development and learning. The backend is straight C/C++. I ...

Could Microsoft switch from its use of C, C++, and C# to other languages? A recent blog post from the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) suggested that it might well be looking at alternatives, ...

So what do people use nowadays? I have been stuck programming in java for backend stuff (not really against my will) but I kinda feel guilty I can't write software for my desktop platform anymore. So ...