Just a thought regarding programming in Gambas 2

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Just a thought regarding programming in Gambas 2

#1 Post by gposil »

I've been fiddling around with Gambas2 lately and it strikes me that if the runtime were included in Puppy, any apps developed in it (as small as Genie/Vala) would be a boon. The runtime package is roughly 150k so it would not overburden Puppy.

Just a thought...I'm sure all the refugee VB programmers would be thrilled.
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#2 Post by Lobster »

:) Guy
back in the days when we had no pets, pups or SFS
Barry very kindly compiled Gambas for me to look at.
I was able to come up with nothing. (fish have better
programming skills than me)
MU brought his own language WXbasic - which eventually evolved into
PuppyBasic and wrote many programs which ended up in Muppy.

Freebasic was for a long while part of the devx - it is qbasic compatible
Did we have loads of programs to show for the inclusion? (not one that I am aware of)

I have no doubt that programs will be written in Genie and Vala because MU and
Barry are interested and already doing so.

I may well look at Gambas again - if I write anything - the run time can be added.
If several people start writing in Gambas it begins to develop momentum . . . 8)
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#3 Post by raffy »

Nice, as GUI with QT or GTK+ will be possible. And it can run in ARM.

Why not?
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#4 Post by Lobster »

It is nice.
With a 150k runtime included, we may in effect just be adding 150k - is that a risk worth taking?
Yes.
It has been done several times with other languages such as MurgaLua.
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