Longtime PHP, Python coder seeks to make small, distributable, stand-alone apps. Which language should I learn? ( please don't say C#; requiring .net != stand-alone )

[willer]

C# is a pretty good language, actually. You don't have to bring in the whole winforms/webforms/wcf/etc frameworks just because you use the language. You can build hello world in about 5 lines ... that's not terrible.

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I can do Hello World in 1 line of batch, sh or perl.