On Apr 1, 10:05 pm, Math1723 <anonym1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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/AccordingtoHoyle.htm
This month's MacCompanion has a follow-up on this article which puts
things more into perspective:
http://www.maccompanion.com/macc/archives/May2008/Columns/AccordingtoHoyle.htm
Essentially, KBasic which seemed too good to be true, turned out not
to be so good. Unless you're doing GPL, KBasic will cost you
thousands of dollars in Qt royalty fees. The web site does a good job
of hiding this, I guess relying on the old bait-and-switch
method. :-/
Objective-Basic still seems interesting, but it's made by the same
guys who make KBasic, and I have to say I am a lot less trusting of
them now.
In the end, the article leaves its best praise to REALbasic, which I
guess should be of no major surprise. They truly are the best
Macintosh/cross-platform Basic, and I do not expect anyone to knock
them off their perch any time soon.
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