On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:05:08 GMT, Math1723 wrote:
> This month's MacCompanion has a comparison of several
> Macintosh-based BASIC development environments, including
> REALbasic, FutureBASIC, KBasic, Objective-Basic, PureBasic,
> Chipmunk Basic and True BASIC:
>
> http://www.maccompanion.com/macc/archives/April2008/Columns/Accordin
> gtoHoyle.htm
>
> I'm very well acquainted with REALbasic, and I have no strong need
> to change. However, of the ones listed, KBasic seems the most
> intriguing to me. Has anyone tried KBasic, or have a
> recommendation on one of the others I should consider?
I've played with Kbasic on Windows and Linux, and it's... well, I
don't like it. It just rubs me wrong. As far as Macs are concerned, my
only Mac is a 68k machine; I can't even run OS9 let alone anything
even remotely modern. (It's got 7.something.)
Out of what you listed above, I've played with or used a few.
- REALbasic: Nice, but you already know that, right? What I'd use for
Mac development, although I still use v5.5 (meaning no Intel Mac
sup****t for me).
- PureBasic: I wasn't aware that they were doing a Mac version now.
(IIRC, last time I looked, it was Windows/Linux/Amiga.) Interesting,
but didn't fit my needs when I tried it. It *does* produce tiny apps;
when equivalent apps on RB vs. PB, it's extremely noticable -- the
smallest RB app is something like 1.5MB while it's only a few K for
PB.
- Chipmunk: I like this one, but it's interpreted. Handy for open-
source projects and lots of other stuff, but if you don't want your
source visible to everyone then keep going.
ISTR that Liberty Basic was working on an OSX version, but I'm not
willing to hunt down the info.
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