anyway, if they'll port VB for linux, it'll be almost
the same as a major rewrite of the existing code, and
getting rid of the unsafe constructs within VB. that's
a big job that microsoft won't do, given their open
hatred for open source, especially GPL.
if they do, however, that would be one great RAD tool.
Don't count on it too much, though.
--- Federico Sevilla III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 at 01:12, Andre John Cruz wrote:
> > hey that's not entirely a joke. there's a gnome
> project called
> > gnomeBasic that plans to make a "visual basic for
> linux" app...check
> > it out, although it's still in version 0.20 (gives
> you an idea of what
> > it can already do...)
>
> That's not VisualBasic GPL'd. That's a complete code
> rewrite. But it's
> good and thanks for sharing it with us. I still
> wouldn't use it (what with
> all those more appreciable languages out there), but
> I think it's good to
> know. :)
>
> --> Jijo
>
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