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The Bad One:
After looking at f***m****soft.com and other anti-M****soft sites, I am almost convinced I should start using Linux or another OS.
But my only question is, does Linux have a BASIC or a programming language similar to Visual Basic available? It's the only language I know and I don't have the time to learn a new one.
voidmain:
Only knowing VB means you've already been programmed by M$. Hopefully you can be reprogrammed. Linux comes with a great number of Languages. C, C++, Perl, Python, sh/bash/csh/ksh shells, PHP, FORTRAN, Pascal, etc, etc. Visual Basic is proprietary M$.
psyjax:
Besides, VB is crap. C is not that hard once you giv e it a shot and the power is fantastic! You can truely do anything you want.
Perl is pretty simple too and is based in C. You can script up Linux with Perl as well as do lots of other stuff.
None the less, there are some BASIC interpreters available, if you truely are into that retro programming thing :D
Calum:
BASIC is not however a Microsoft language, so i'd imagine there's be support for it, am i right? plus, he only said similar so technically, a lot of other programming languages qualify... so far as i see.
voidmain:
Original version of Basic is not, a later version was, but Visual Basic is most certainly M$. Basic and Visual Basic are not the same thing. There are many variations of "Basic" but Visual Basic makes basic object oriented (OOP) and also adds a graphical IDE for building FORMS etc. Without that graphical interface, most VB programmers would no longer be VB programmers. There are some basic interpereters out there that will run under Linux but are VERY rudimentary and I've only seen the ones that were more like GW-Basic (not object oriented, but line number based). So "Basically" Basic is not an option on Linux.
GNU VB could have been created just as GNU C/C++ was created, but there is a reason it hasn't. That is because "Basic sucks!". The better option for linux is C++ and if you want the graphical IDE with form building use "kdevelop" or other similar tools.
[ May 09, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
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