Table 1

Language list with respective compiler or interpreter name and version

Linux

Windows

Language

Compiler/interpreter

version

Compiler/interpreter

version

C

GNU gcc

4.1.1

gcc

3.4.2

C++

GNU g++

4.1.1

g++

3.4.2

C#

gmcs/mono

1.1.17.1

.NET csc

2.0.50727

Java

Sun JDK javac/java

1.5.0_09

Sun JDK javac/java

1.5.0_12

Perl

Perl

5.8.8

Active state perl

5.8.8

Python

Python

2.4.4

python

2.5.1

Fourment and Gillings BMC Bioinformatics 2008 9:82   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-9-82