Two reasons: 1) Cross platform
2) A great OO language that is easy on the eye ( I hate semicolons ) 3) A pleasure to code in On 5/1/07 14:02, "John McKernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'd like to know why everyone is using REALbasic. There are other tools >> out there. There are other languages out there. Why REALbasic? > > I switched to RB a couple of years ago, and I'm loving it. I first started > writing software with BASIC for the TRS-80, and despite occasional forays > into assembler and C, I'm a die-hard BASIC fan, and I've tried a lot of them > over the years. RB is great because it's a modern object-oriented language > that has the "look and feel" of BASIC. It does a pretty good job of > cross-platform compiling, and while it's not perfect, it does give me access > to the various OS's API's and such when specific adaptations are needed for > each platform without making me write my program in API's, as it were. > > And for the record, I'm currently working on a *very* large application > (about 180,000 lines of code), which is marketed globally and competes on > various levels with programs like Filemaker and Excel. > > Unless you're writing in C or C++, the language you're using is going to be > proprietary (and even those can be remarkably dependent on which libraries > you choose). No language is perfect, and never will be. And just like every > other piece of software ever written, compilers have bugs, too. Every > release of RB is better than the one that preceded it, and while bugs may > not be fixed as fast as we'd like, RS is no worse at it than 90% of other > software companies, chief among them Microsoft. (Have you ever tried to get > Visual Basic's printer object to keep its page orientation correct in > between print jobs? (That bug's been around for 10 years and it still isn't > fixed!) I'm thrilled that RB releases updates 4 times a year. > > And if enough people on this list make enough noise about how much they hate > RB, then the word will spread and RealSoft will close its doors, which would > be a real shame. Personally, I love RB and want to give it every opportunity > to succeed. Let's keep this list a useful forum for idea sharing and helping > each other, not a stomping ground for the disaffected. > > Just my .02, of course - > > - John > > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
