what language is standard and platform neutral?
In that book in the first para of the first page it is given that . The C# language is platform neutral, but it was written to work well with Microsoft .Net platform . If I am not wrong, Platform Neutral mean that the softwares made from that language should run in all the OS(e.g.Mac, Windows,Linux etc.).
Java Workshop is a unique blend of brilliance and folly. When it comes to ease of creating a platform-neutral gridbag layout, Java Workshop 2.0 fulfills the mission far better than any competing Java development environment. But its finesse is often offset by awkward and annoying, if harmless, design decisions.
Cross-platform programming is more than only GUI programming. Cross-platform programming deals with the minimum requirements for the sections of code that aren't specified by the C++ Standard Language, so as programs can be compiled and run across different hardware platforms. Here is some cross-platform GUI toolkit: 1  Gtkmm-an interface for the C GUI library GTK+.