Le 22 novembre 2010 15:14, Benoît Minisini
<gam...@users.sourceforge.net> a écrit :
>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Werner <wd...@netfront.net> wrote:
>> > On 20/11/10 04:40, Zelimir Ikovic wrote:
>> >> I am following discussion on Gambas more than 3 months.
>> >>
>> >> Last 10 years I worked in VB6 (70%) and C(30%) on Windows.
>> >>
>> >> I am about to switch to Linux, and I have to decide:
>> >> Gambas3, FreePascal (fpGUI or Lazarus) or C, C++ and FLTK
>> >> I am just wondering is there any discussion on this topic, and where.
>> >>
>> >> How do you compare Gambas against those tools
>>
>> Gambas is the smoothest transition from VB in terms of language
>> syntax, the differences are usually
>> thngs most VB programmers would acknowledge as defects in the original
>> language, such as 1-based arrays,
>> overloading ( ) to deference arrays.
>> However Gambas is Linux-only, the advantage of FreePascal and C++ is
>> you can port back to Windows.
>> The Gambas IDE is easier to use and more stable IMHO.
>>
>> Of the three languages (C++, Pascal, Gambas), Gambas is the most
>> high-level. It is fully OOP but lacks the "protected" access level
>> (personally I hardly used it in C++ and don't miss it)
>> The only things I really miss are function pointers ("procedural
>> variables" in Pascal) and a proper heredoc syntax.
>
> In Gambas 3, you have support for callbacks. That means you can send a Gambas
> function to a extern C function, and the extern C function will use it
> (almost) transparently!
>
> As for "heredoc" syntax, I don't know what that word means.http://www.manuelphp.com/php/language.types.string.syntax.heredoc.php > >> >> Gambas is interpreted, the other 2 are compiled, so it's slower, but >> in practice I haven't found this an >> issue (it's heaps faster than Java, and even Ruby, probably on par with >> Python) >> >> Ian >> > > I made a few comparison tests with Python, and Gambas is a little bit faster > in stupid benchmarks (loops + arithmetic computation). I think it should be > faster when calling methods inside components written in C/C++ too. > > Of course, it is slower than compiled and JIT interpreted languages. But I > guess it uses less memory and is faster to start. > > Regards, > > -- > Benoît Minisini > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports > standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. > Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great > experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today > http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > -- Fabien Bodard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
