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In article <430C3F30.93F156AE@optonline.net>, Lou@GoForIt.net wrote:
>H-Man wrote:
>> I started programming many years ago, first with VAX BASIC, and later with
>> GW-Basic. I then moved to QB and PDS and VBDOS. Programming for Windows
>> started with VB4 and then VB6, I skipped VB5, and most recently VB.NET, BTW
>> I really don't like .NET.
>>
>> Along the way I've experimented with many other languages, C, C++, Delphi,
>> and other flavors of Basic, XBasic, RapidQ, and most recently RealBasic.
>> None provide the development speed VB does for me.
>>
>> What I'm looking for is a VB like IDE, with a proper forms designer and
>> such that can produce self contained .EXE's, without the need to distribute
>> runtimes as well. RealBasic is a good fit for this, but it is still way too
>> OSX oriented, is really slow, and doesn't do databases really well.
>> Any ideas?
>
>I did not see any mention of PowerBasic.  There are several flavors. Check
>their website.

I've been wondering about this sort of thing lately too -- but I only 
got as far as PDS 7.1 previously.  8-)

So, has anyone here had sufficient experience with the latest VB 
flavour (now .NET I guess?) compared with PowerBasic and Liberty 
Basic, to offer an informed opinion on these products one versus the 
others, please?

Alternatively,  does anyone know of a reliable review comparison of 
these three which is available on the web?  (Or in a still available 
printed form.)

Should I really be looking elsewhere anyway?

Cheers, Phred.

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