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I would like opinions (informed, please) on the relative merits of
Visual Basic (especially V2.0) and Quick C/Case:W (or any other
similar environment) for writing Windows programs.  I am not
interested in debates on the relative merits of the language itself
(BASIC or C), but rather in the ability to quickly and easily develop
programs with these packages.  My areas of interest are:

	1)	Relatively small programs; several thousand lines
		would probably be largest.
	2)	Ability to use arbitrary DLLs required.
	3)	Ability to create DLLs desired.
	4)	Ease of development is high priority, especially
		with regard to user interface code.  My time is
		precious and in short supply.
	5)	Cost of the package is important; the lower the
		better.
	6)	Royalty-free distribution required.
	7)	Execution speed is relatively low priority, as long
		as it isn't so bad that I can't stand to use the
		resulting applications.  (This is subjective, I know)
	8)	Ability to create Windows .HLP files is strongly
		desired.

Thanks for all the information you can give me.

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