I appreciate the time and effort put into providing the synopsis Nick. I've been to the site and had a read. I dont know how to go about downloading, saving and compiling downloads in Linux yet, so I'll store the post away until I'm more familiar.
On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 12:56 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > most linux users will decry basic, it is a pretty average language. > > there are "clones" of visual basic that run on linux. take a look at > http://gambas.sf.net > > as for integrated development environments in general, again many linuxistas > decry them, claiming that vi|emacs is all the ide they need. Thats a fair > call if you are developing kernel drivers or daemons. Developing gui's is > easier though if you can point and click where you want the buttons to appear. > > At the same time there are quite a few more or less integrated environments > in the sense of visual basic and the other microsoft/borland feel-alikes. > kdevelop is one that springs to mind. also borland make a linux version of > delphi called kylix - is it still around/updated? > > > > > > Sure. Programming concepts are mostly transferable from language to > > > language, except, perhaps, odd cases like haskell, or even worse, prolog. > > > > > > I'm not so sure, though, that a 3GL is the best place to start > > > programming - too close to the machine IMHO. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Carl. > > > > > > >
