title: How to identify the programming language of an application which is compiled?
body: <p>I just downloaded an application and I'd like to know in what programming language they have written it.</p>
  
  <p>If it's Java there would be a JVM process running in background right? </p>
  
  <p>I did: </p>
  
  <pre><code>% sudo ps -A | grep -i java
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>no result.</p>
  
  <p>I remember from Linux that there was a tool which would search for strings in a compiled source but I don't remember the name anymore, do you know something like that?</p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions how I could find out the programming language?</p>