![]() Old-fashioned Basic interpreter which runs on almost all Macs. Software curiosities, I cannot recommend True BASIC. Unless you plan to be a museum curator of historical Even the freeware Chipmunk Basic (see below) is preferable. This author believes that no such update will ever be seen.ĭecade or two ago, but it is not viable product today. Version of True BASIC for Mac OS-X will be available in the future", ![]() You will not be able to use it on an Intel-based Mac. The demo can still be downloaded, but since it is a Classic application, What's New section describes a special upgrade price available Repeated attempts to contact True Basic, Inc., my emails have goneĪppear to be updated in at least two years, as their While proficient as a "How to Learn to Program inīasic" tool, it succeeds in very little else. To compile a standalone application,īasic contains only minimal set of GUI elements for building apps, as it appears toīe marketed toward the educational community. Particularly for the Mac, has been languishing for years without updates. That's the best that can be said about this product. Plus it's cross-platform, supporting the Mac, PC and That's right, these guys invented the actual language itself įurthermore, they have been selling True BASIC for more than two decades. Kurtz, the professors at Dartmouth College who invented $39 USD Bronze/$195 USD Silver/$495 USD, Gold/$19 USD Student Edition (same as For those looking for an viable alternative to REALbasic, this author recommends FutureBASIC. Product, I have come away very impressed. I first went into researching this article, I was admittedly pretty skepticalĪbout FutureBASIC. State exactly when this would be delivered. Support universal binaries in a future release, but (understandably) could not Of FB4 in April, a significant accomplishment. Remains down and internet access is sketchy. Past year has been an exceedingly difficult one as Staz Software wasĭirectly impacted by Hurricane Katrina, knocking them out of business for three full months Stasny, head of Staz Software, was kind enough to talk with me about FutureBASIC. License renewal plan does the monthly price swing back into RB's favor. $169 FutureBASIC license is good for a full year (and thus about Although FutureBASIC's pricing may appear higher than that of REALbasic, FB isĪre subscription based, but a new $99 REALbasic license is only good for 6 months (thus That's dedication, man.Ĭoding paradigm, FutureBASIC allows for more structured programming, a simpler and more common approach for most BasicĪ rather large number of sample projects to start you off with. Or as one to run on a Power Mac G5 running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Project can be used to build an app to run on a Mac Plus running System 6.0.5 Moreover, it even supports building apps that will run on Support both native Mac OS X and Classic PowerPC compilations, FutureBASIC continues support for 68K compilations, the onlyĬommercial compiler that I know of which still does. Although not cross-platform, its support of the Macintosh is very $169 USD new license, $99 USD annual license renewal.įirst and foremost alternative to REALbasic is FutureBASIC from Staz Software. This in mind, we will review other Basic environments relative to what REALbasic offers. On Mac OS X, no version of RB creates console apps in Classic (whereas virtually every other Basic compiler Consider the following:Īlthough the $399 Professional Edition is cross-platform, the $99 StandardĬross-platform Basics which are much less expensive.Īlthough Professional Edition allows you to create them Products which are not available in REALbasic, and these features may be critical to you. With that said, the natural question is: why botherĬonsidering any other Basic compiler? The answer is simply that there are features available in competing The Professional Edition is fully cross-platform. Rapid application development capabilities and has the largest marketshare in ![]() Without repeating that article in greatĭetail, we can sum it up with: REALbasic is the most powerful Basic compiler available on the Macintosh, with Annual Renewal: $49 USD Standard/$199 USD Professional.Ī dedicated review of REALbasic was written for the January 2006 column. Now having thoroughly examining the past, this month's column will lookĪt the present and the future of Mac Basic compilers. Basic Development Environments (Part I).We are now reviewing of Basic compilers on the Macintosh. Since last fall, we have been examining various cross-platform softwareĭevelopment options for Macintosh developers, including: Cross-Platform Software Development from a Macintosh Perspective: ![]()
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