Comments on: Gambas http://www.penguinsightings.org/development/languages/gambas/ New stuff for the Gnu World Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:25:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Nic http://www.penguinsightings.org/development/languages/gambas/#comment-30 Nic Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:56:34 +0000 http://www.penguinsightings.org/?p=14#comment-30 If you know nothing about C or Visual Basic and only know the very old BASIC then Gambas will get you up and running very quickly. Obviously if you know more it is a very powerful tool. Positives - You can write very complex programs with lots of features very quickly. Negatives - If you are very inexperienced in modern languages(VB, C), like myself, then the lack of a definitive textbook (written for the idiot) is a problem - however the structure and ease of test running allows for a "trial and error" style of syntax appreciation. It Works ! If you know nothing about C or Visual Basic and only know the very old BASIC then Gambas will get you up and running very quickly. Obviously if you know more it is a very powerful tool.

Positives - You can write very complex programs with lots of features very quickly.

Negatives - If you are very inexperienced in modern languages(VB, C), like myself, then the lack of a definitive textbook (written for the idiot) is a problem - however the structure and ease of test running allows for a “trial and error” style of syntax appreciation.

It Works !

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