🚀 go-pugleaf

In article 4902@sctc.com, bright@sctc.com (David A. Bright) writes:
>I would like information on Visual Basic (the Windows variety).  Can anyone
>give me pointers to books, magazine articles, or ftp-able documents that
>describe VB?  Since version 2.0 is due out soon (available now?), I am
>especially interested in information pertaining to that version.  What am
>I looking for?  I would like to do some programming under Windows but am
>short on time (this is a spare time project and my spare time has dwindled
>to almost nothing).  From what I've heard so far, VB is supposed to handle
>a lot of the tedium for you.  For those of you bemoaning the constant BASIC
>bashing, I'll admit to programming in C at work; however, I am not averse to
>using "off-beat" languages (I've been known to dabble in ICON, Forth, and
>other lesser-known languages).
>

David, VB has been reviewed in a number of computer magazines this past year,
however just this last month, two major magazines reviewed the three top
selling Windows BASIC packages... VB, The Realizer, and GFA BASIC.  Check out
the Nov 92 issues of Computer Language and Byte.  Both reviewers tended to
give the nod to VB over the other two, due in large part to its ease of use
and complete, relatively seamless package.  No one has reviewed VB 2.0 yet
as it is not yet released (I think).  Interestingly, GFA BASIC is undoubtedly
the most powerful of the three and has the most complete command set (and
also the closest to the C syntax, BTW) but was panned due to it's lack of a
decent tutorial, inadequate documentation, and inconsistent editor.

Personally, I _prefer_ the GFA package but then again I come with several
years experience using GFA on the Atari platform so my learning curve was not
as steep.  I also like the ease of converting from GFA-DOS to GFA-Windows or
vice-versa and no need to spend more $$$ for a "Toolkit"... it's all there.

But VB is a slick package and all indications are that VB 2.0 will be a major
improvement (especially in performance) so that's what I'd most recommend.
---

___________________________ John "HUTCH" Hutchinson _________________________
_________________ Fair Dinkum Technologies     Member - IAAD  _______________
________________ "No worries, mate... it's from Fair Dinkum!" _______________
____________ email: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov   GEnie: FAIR-DINKUM _____________