re : Whitch is better ? ( latest prices included )
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------=_NextPart_000_0057_01BF5510.3E78B900 charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable VB is nice . Euphoria is nice . But what about XBasic ? Its free and its = open source . I have a copy of Computer Shopper magazine where they = wrote an article about a few of the Basic`s made . Here`s the scores : VB 6 : Structure : 4 out of 4 Object oriented : 3 out of 4 GUI : 4 out of 4 Graphics : 4 out of 4 COM : 4 out of 4 Platforms : Win VB for Applications( VBA ) :=20 Structure : 4 out of 4 Object oriented : 3 out of 4 GUI : 4 out of 4 Graphics : 4 out of 4 COM : 4 out of 4 Platforms : Win,Mac VBScript : Structure : 4 out of 4 Object oriented : 3 out of 4 GUI : 2 out of 4 Graphics : 1 out of 4 COM : 3 out of 4 Platforms : Win,Web Qbasic : Structure : 3 out of 4 Object oriented : 0 out of 4 GUI : 0 out of 4 Graphics : 2 out of 4 COM : 0 out of 4 Platforms : Dos True Basic : Structure : 3 out of 4 Object oriented : 0 out of 4 GUI : 2 out of 4 Graphics : 3 out of 4 COM : 0 out of 4 Platforms : = Win,Dos,Linux,Unix,Mac Power Basic : Structure : 3 out of 4 Object oriented : 0 out of 4 GUI Dos : 0 out of 4 GUI DLL : 2 out of 4 Graphics Dos : 0 out of 4 DLL : 3 out of 4 COM : 0 out of 4 Platforms : Win XBasic : Structure : 3 out of 4 Object oriented : 0 out of 4 GUI : 2 out of 4 Graphics : 3 out of 4 COM : 0 out of 4 Platforms : Win,Linux Liberty Basic : Structure : 3 out of 4 Object oriented : 0 out of 4 GUI : 2 out of 4 Graphics : 3 out of 4 COM : 0 out of 4 Platforms : Win,OS/2 Verdict For Windows there is nothing to equal Visual Basic for power and ease of = use. To make Visual Basic applications go faster or to rescue existing = Basic programs you sould try using Power Basic . For cross-platform = development True Basic or XBasic are your best choices. For teaching, = select True Basic or Liberty Basic . Further Info : VB : www.microsoft.com=20 Learning Edition : $ 110 Profesional Edition : $ 630 Enterprise Edition : $ 1500 VB for Aplications : www.microsoft.com Free !!! VBScript : www.microsoft.com Free !!! True Basic : www.truebasic.com Student Edition : $ 19,95 Bronze Edition : $ 39,35 Silver Edition : $ 195 Gold Edition : $ 495 Power Basic : www.powerbasic.com Dos Compiler : $ 92 Console Compiler : $ 150 DLL Compiler : $ 190 XBasic : www.xbasic.org Open source freeware !!! Liberty Basic : www.libertybasic.com $ 39 to register FREE VISUAL BASIC !!! Visual Basic Control Creation Edition ( VBCCE ) Download this !!! If i was you , I will download VBCCE . Its amaising for free . Well , I = have VB 5.0 so I don`t have to download it . XBasic looks like something = God made . I got to go . If you anyone want to know more , get yourself a copy of = Computer Shopper September ( no. 151 ) . If you don`t want to know more = , get yourself a copy of PCFormat ! I don`t know how a chicken would = cross the road in Euphoria , but just think if it crossed a train track = with a 500 ton 400 km/h train coming ! Not a nice ,eh ! Later Ferdinand=20 =20 =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0057_01BF5510.3E78B900 charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>VB is nice . Euphoria is nice . But what about = XBasic ?=20 Its free and its open source . I have a copy of Computer Shopper = magazine where=20 they wrote an article about a few of the Basic`s made . Here`s = the=20 scores :</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>VB 6 :</DIV> 4 out of 4</DIV> <DIV> Object oriented=20 = 3 out of 4</DIV> bsp; =20 4 out of 4</DIV> 4 out of 4</DIV> bsp; =20 4 out of 4</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>VB for Applications( VBA ) : </DIV> 4 out of 4 <DIV> Object oriented=20 = 3 out of 4</DIV> bsp; =20 4 out of 4</DIV> 4 out of 4</DIV> bsp; =20 4 out of 4</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>VBScript :</DIV> <DIV> =20 ;=20 4 out of 4 <DIV> Object oriented=20 = 3 out of 4</DIV> bsp; 2=20 out of 4</DIV> out of 4</DIV> bsp; 3=20 out of 4</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Qbasic :</DIV> <DIV> =20 ; 3=20 out of 4 <DIV> Object oriented=20 nbsp;0=20 out of 4</DIV> bsp; 0=20 out of 4</DIV> out of 4</DIV> bsp; 0=20 out of 4</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>True Basic :</DIV> <DIV> =20 ; 3=20 out of 4 <DIV> Object oriented=20 nbsp;0=20 out of 4</DIV> bsp; 2=20 out of 4</DIV> out of 4</DIV> bsp; 0=20 out of 4</DIV> Unix,Mac</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Power Basic :</DIV> out of 4 <DIV> Object oriented=20 nbsp;0=20 out of 4</DIV> out of 4</DIV> <DIV> GUI DLL=20 2 out of 4</DIV> <DIV> Graphics Dos=20 nbsp; 0=20 out of 4</DIV> bsp; =20 3 out of 4</DIV> <DIV> COM=20 bsp; 0=20 out of 4</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>XBasic :</DIV> <DIV> =20 ; 3=20 out of 4 <DIV> Object oriented=20 nbsp;0=20 out of 4</DIV> bsp; 2=20 out of 4</DIV> out of 4</DIV> bsp; 0=20 out of 4</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Liberty Basic :</DIV> <DIV> =20 ; 3=20 out of 4 <DIV> Object oriented=20 nbsp;0=20 out of 4</DIV> bsp; 2=20 out of 4</DIV> out of 4</DIV> bsp; 0=20 out of 4</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <U>Verdict</U></DIV> <DIV>For Windows there is nothing to equal Visual Basic for power and = ease of=20 use. To make Visual Basic applications go faster or to rescue existing = Basic=20 programs you sould try using Power Basic . For cross-platform = development True=20 Basic or XBasic are your best choices. For teaching, select True = Basic or=20 Liberty Basic .</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Further Info :</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>VB : <A = </DIV> <DIV>Learning Edition : $ 110</DIV> <DIV>Profesional Edition : $ 630</DIV> <DIV>Enterprise Edition : $ 1500</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>VB for Aplications : <A=20 <DIV>Free !!!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>VBScript : <A = <DIV>Free !!!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>True Basic : <A = <DIV>Student Edition : $ 19,95</DIV> <DIV>Bronze Edition : $ 39,35</DIV> <DIV>Silver Edition : $ 195</DIV> <DIV>Gold Edition : $ 495</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Power Basic : <A=20 <DIV>Dos Compiler : $ 92</DIV> <DIV>Console Compiler : $ 150</DIV> <DIV>DLL Compiler : $ 190</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>XBasic : <A href=3D"http://www.xbasic.org">www.xbasic.org</A></DIV> <DIV>Open source freeware !!!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Liberty Basic : <A=20 <DIV>$ 39 to register</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>FREE VISUAL BASIC !!!</DIV> <DIV>Visual Basic Control Creation Edition ( VBCCE )</DIV> <DIV><A=20 <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Download this !!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If i was you , I will download VBCCE . Its amaising for free . Well = , I=20 have VB 5.0 so I don`t have to download it . XBasic looks like something = God=20 made .</DIV> <DIV>I got to go . If you anyone want to know more , get yourself a copy = of=20 Computer Shopper September ( no. 151 ) . If you don`t want to know = more ,=20 get yourself a copy of PCFormat ! I don`t know how a chicken would = cross=20 the road in Euphoria , but just think if it crossed a train track = with a=20 500 ton 400 km/h train coming ! Not a nice ,eh !</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Later</DIV> <DIV>Ferdinand </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> = </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0057_01BF5510.3E78B900--