----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Canyon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 12:42 PM
Subject: Slashdot looking for VB alternatives
> Someone on Slashdot is looking for alternatives to Visual Basic, in an
effort to target Linux as well as PCs (no mention of Macs :-(
>
> Here's the first page:
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/08/2140257&mode=thread
>
> I've already posted a link to runrev and metacard, but maybe others would
care to share their views?
I did just now. Thanks for the heads-up.
Phil Davis ("ideaguy")
>
> Regards,
>
> Geoff
>
> <slashquote>
> Josh Berkus asks: "I am an expert Visual Basic programmer who is looking
to adopt a different, cross-platform language with a Linux-compatible IDE.
After some research, the main offerings are theKompany's BlackAdder,
borland's Kylix, and ActiveState's Komodo. What are your opinions about the
languages and IDEs offered in these products? Has anyone switched to one of
these from VB, and what were your experiences?"
>
> "BlackAdder supports a Python-Qt synthesis that is very attractive as both
languages have Open Source verisons. Their IDE costs only $250, which is
doubly attractive.
>
> Kylix is apparently a full featured IDE based on Borland's many years of
experience with Delphi. However, one has to buy both Kylix ($199) and Delphi
6 ($999) and the language is proprietary.
>
> Komodo suffers from the lack of a widget/forms set (as far as I can tell).
However, their IDE supports 3 languages right now and will support more in
the future. The $295 per user price is also attractive, as is the large
knowledge base of advice and code snippets."
>
> Are there other decent RAD packages out there for Unix systems or is this
pretty much the cream of the crop?
> </slashquote>
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