• Offers a wide range of software development tools such as:
• Many programming languages such as:
• Imperative: C language, Fortran, Pascal
• Functional: LISP, ML
• Object oriented: Java, C++, Objective C
• Scripting: ksh, perl, tcl/tk, awk
• Syntax aware editors.
• Debuggers
• Make facilities
• Revision Control Software (RCS)

Software Libraries

• Offers a wide range of software libraries such as:
• Standard C library
• X lib (basic X server functions)
• Lesstif (higher level X interface)
• Math library
• Cryptographic libraries
• Imaging & graphics libraries
• Network libraries
• Sound libraries
• Thread libraries
• Java libraries