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Re: KBasic
by Alphy on Saturday 17/Jun/2006, @15:00

Having looked at the KBasic website just now, I would have two points to make:

First, looking at the syntax KBasic supports made me cringe. I firmly believe that BASIC in any carnation is bound to be evil. (I would certainly suggest using Python as your first language! or one of the many of the other available scripting languages besides BASIC.)

Second, this doesn't matter, because (from what I've seen, at least) KBasic is out to liberate Visual Basic users, rather than provide a useful language. They certainly aren't out to win over Python, PHP or Perl users! In this sense, KBasic is the most wonderful thing available to those stuck with lots of VB code! If successful, those who programmed in VB will be able to get away from it, and even port their code to an alternative OS. This is very good.

Perhaps those making the transition will someday buckle down and learn a new language, like Python. If they do so, however, they can make the transition smoothly, still being productive in KBasic while learning a real language like Python.

So KBasic certainly has my stamp of approval, whatever that is worth!

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