Re: Basic questions

From: C Rode (crode_at_notmail.com)
Date: 12/29/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:22:04 GMT

> Delphi has a console mode that makes W'ndows apps similar to console
> programming in DOS. A W'ndows GUI app in Delphi would require input into
an
> edit field and output either to a memo control or output to the screen.
> Delphi Standard is no longer available, Delphi Personal has restrictions,
> and Delphi Professional is expensive...
>
> For console programming on W'ndows there is also PowerBasic. For simple
GUI
> programming on W'ndows there is TrueBasic. Of course there is
> VisualBasic...VB.Net ? Often mentioned here are also LibertyBasic and
> XBasic.
>

Oh, I thought this was a Basic newgroup but it was just a subject heading of
'Basic questions'...

> Basic programmers in general might be interested in Pascal as similar to
> Basic but advocates of Pascal do not admit relation to the forerunner
> Fortran.
>

Yeah, I thought I was in a Basic newsgroup...

> A French version of TP7 for DOS can often be found as a free download from
> Borland France. The only current link that I can find seems to be a
backdoor
> listed at comp.lang.pascal on 12/24/03.
>

Relevant Pages

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