Programming languages & Gmod

[memo3300]

Programming Languages
Two programming languages are popular in GMOD: Perl and Java. For most tasks you won't need to do any programming in either language. You will just need to know how to install these languages and how to install programs written in these languages. See Computing Requirements for more.
Perl
The programming language most used in the bioinformatics realm. Also the language most used by GMOD developers. It is well-suited to text and data processing and is also characterized by an extensive open source library, so it's highly functional. Many of GMOD components use BioPerl, a bioinformatics toolkit written in Perl.
Some pieces of GMOD, like GBrowse, can be extended or customized using Perl but beginners' skills in Perl would be sufficient for this work. Just installing and using GBrowse in a conventional way does not require knowledge of Perl or BioPerl.
Java
Java is arguably the world's most popular programming language but it is not as popular for command-line work on Unix as Perl. It's encountered in GMOD primarily as a language to construct user interfaces (e.g. Apollo).

So I was doing some research about Gmod and this mindfucked me. I always though that Gmod was pretty much only LUA. Can someone make an "explanation for dummies" of the programing & programing languages in gmod. (I know some real basic Java, nothing more)

[coolzeldad]

idk what "GMOD" it's talking about but Garry's Mod uses lua, and you can write modules in c++

//edit: This is probably what you found, and not Garry's Mod http://gmod.org/wiki/Main_Page

[Frank]

I have no idea, but I did mention Expression2 in my scholarship application for university.

[memo3300]

idk what "GMOD" it's talking about but Garry's Mod uses lua, and you can write modules in c++

//edit: This is probably what you found, and not Garry's Mod http://gmod.org/wiki/Main_Page

oh... OHH.... that explains a lot of things

thanks coolz