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Re: VB for linux!? For free!?



On Sep 30, Prabhu Ramachandran wrote:
> hi,
> 
> 	According to Linux today...
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> "VISUAL BASIC FOR LINUX" AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD NOW
> 
>  is a unique object-oriented RAD tool for Linux. It combines
>  the expressive power of object-oriented languages like Python
>  and Perl with the familiarity and ease of use of Visual Basic.
> 
> COMPLETE STORY:
> http://linuxpr.com/releases/2611.html
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 	This is shareware.  I dont know any VB.  So can anyone else
> comment if this is really like VB??  Apparently, kylix also rocks.
> 
> prabhu

Hi,

It's not the only one being developed. GNOME is creating Gnomebasic or gbasic or something. Right now I am compiling KBasic! (http://www.kbasic.de). Seems everybody is after the HUGE pool of VB programmers. It's pretty unusable right now. The target date is summer 2001.

Gautam
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