<r> depends what u wanna do. if you want to do word processing,gaming,music storage. get a PC. If u want to do basic stuff and video and music editing, get a mac. Lol I like to ask mac users if they want to play minesweeper lol. If you do get a mac, please do not become a overly obssessed apple ...

<r> In robotics, it's pretty common to write a customized embedded Operating system, and as such, to have a specialized high-level languages designed to utilize the (typically limited) hardware best, and handle the requirements of the device. Ace's answers contains a good example of one of these ...