hmmm this is an interesting thread!

asking which is best c,c++,python, perl or awk is like asking a parents which of their children do they love the most.

All of these languages have their place when developing an application which is why you would really struggle to favour one over the other. In truth thats the wrong question.

what is it you are trying to do? the best apps will make best use of a mixture of lowlevel and scripting languages. This is the biggest strength of the UNIX programming operating system. This is what the founders intended.

lots can be done with shell scripting and other highlevel languages. if that suites your need then do it. Whatever you learn it will come in handy at some stage!

I can understand why everybody is raving about Qt and dont get me wrongs its all good but lots (and i mean lots ) can be done with with c and shell from the command line!