A few years ago, I googled cross-platform computer language for Mac and Windows and found RB. After taking a look at it (a year later) and seeing the great and necessary support from the NUG as RB's documentation is (or was) lacking in many areas, I am extremely happy with the decision to adopt RB as a development environment.
I was apprehensive about the move away from RB5.5.5 because of the negative press sometimes received on this list. Now I think RB2007 is far better than RB5.5.5 on Windows in terms of speed, stability and productivity improvements introduced into the IDE that make navigating code so much easier. I am currently using a 2 GHz MacBook and find the Mac RB version is noticeably slower than the Windows version. So if you want speed, use the Windows version. I have for a long time looked out for negative comments or problems with the post 5.5.5 RB and still do so on a daily basis even though no coding was done during a 6 month period. I understand that you and some others have issues with parts of the language and so make a concious decision not to explore some areas of the language that need fixing according to release notes. Hopefully RS will fix your issues with the language in the near future. For my purposes, RB is a 'rock solid' development environment. Regards Paul Rehill mathsteacher.com.au RB2007R1 Windows and Mac Plugins used: MBS RealBasic resources: RB Developer On 1/5/07, Ryan Dary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi. Some people might not appreciate this message, but I think that it is warranted. Some people have been using REALbasic since it was first introduced as CrossBasic. Other people didn't get a chance to use it until it was renamed REALbasic. And then there are a bunch of people who picked it up sometime between then and now. What is the draw to REALbasic? Is it cross-platform? Is it rich framework? Is it easy to learn? I'd like to know why everyone is using REALbasic. There are other tools out there. There are other languages out there. Why REALbasic? With all the problems that REALbasic has, it still keeps a following. There is still some use for it, and it appears to be getting better in each build, even if it isn't always apparent. I'd like to hear from you. If you'd email me off the list and tell me why you're using REALbasic and what you like and what you don't like about it. There is a group of us out there that is unhappy with REALbasic and would turn to another product immediately if it just offered that one or two things that we're using from REALbasic. What is that one piece for you? I can't wait to hear, - Ryan Dary
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