On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 11:15:29AM +1000, Ellingham Morgan wrote: > Hi all, apologies for the absolute pointless request, but my IT peers > seem to think MapBasic isn't 'real' programming but merely an automating > script language ... what do the rest of you think?
Depends on what you mean by "real programming." It's a "real" programming language, but it doesn't compile to native machine language. From what I understand, the compiling process tokenizes the source code which is then interpreted by MapInfo. However, MapBasic applications must be compiled and if you have multiple modules, they must be linked. You can also link stdcall DLLs to it. It supports typed variables, structures, arrays, looping and branching. However, it can also be a "scripting" language as long as you leave out looping and branching and the user interface. For example, workspaces are MapBasic scripts, and you can also script in mapbasic using the MapBasic window. - Bill Thoen _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
