Sam Rowlands wrote:
While doing a Search on Google for basic I found PowerBasic for
Windows, it looks quite good for Windows only development, has anyone
used it?
Yes. It is very, very small and fast. I've used both the Console
Compiler and the GUI tools. I think the GUI tools need to be updated for
usability, but they are more concerned with raw executable speed more
than anything else. PowerBASIC can actually create dll's for any Win32
language. I know some people in the sciences have used PowerBASIC to
create math routines called from C++ programs! Why? Because Bob Zale and
his team have fine-tuned PB by hand to use tweaks unique to Intel chips.
Read the history -- one reason PowerBASIC has never been ported is
because it is so closely tied to Intel chips. Zale knows the x86 better
than almost anyone I've encountered online. Using the Windows API from
PowerBASIC is similar to creating DECLAREs in RB -- but most of the PB
code you'll find in the wild isn't front-end code.
I'd avoid PB if your goal is an elegant interface for a program that
isn't crunching a lot of numbers. However, if you want great IO speed,
small executables, and wicked-fast code... I love it.
And yes, I've used PB to create dll's called from both VB and Delphi. I
bet 80% of PB users do the same. Read the PB forums for some of the
success stories.
I noticed recently on the Delphi list that a C++ tool was written in a
combination of Delphi and PowerBASIC.
>> Bloodshed Dev-C++ is a full-featured Integrated Development
Environment (IDE) for the C/C++ programming language. Developed using
Delphi and PowerBASIC, this is an IDE, not the compiler.
http://delphi.wikicities.com/index.php/Good_Quality_Applications_Built_With_Delphi
- Scott
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