So, I decided to finally mess around with REALbasic, and I can only come to the conclusion that it's crap. For those of you that don't know, it's a version of BASIC that compiles for Windows, Linux, and Mac (doesn't support intel Macs yet). It sucks equally on all OS's.
I created version 3 of my not-so-popular-but-quite-amusing program, Bit. Now, Bit 1 and Bit 2 are very small files. Both under 200 KB. Bit 3 happens to be about 2.5 MB. It also only appears to work correctly on Windows, and even that is slow and crappy. Look: http://realityripple.com/software/freeware/multiOS/ . Look at the source, then try out the files on various OS's.
I ran the windows one using Windows XP SP2. It runs... slowly. It uses 7 Megs of ram, makes anything translucent disappear, and just sucks over-all.
I then booted up Knoppix 4.2 and ran it there. It sucks even more! The audio files don't play, the timer that sets the image back to normal never fires, the text box doesn't disappear, the command button text is fucked up.
I don't want to even try getting on a mac and testing it. It might kill the poor computer.
In conclusion: Eww.
I agree. We've been using it in my database class and I haven't found one reason to like it yet.
I'm most amused by the fact that you don't write handler functions for events, you just put code in a certain textbox in the IDE.
It was a small quick program, I saw no need to. I don't think it'd make much difference in the end anyway, since it's all converted to whatever it needs to be converted to.
Quote from: RealityRipple on September 27, 2006, 01:37 PM
It was a small quick program, I saw no need to. I don't think it'd make much difference in the end anyway, since it's all converted to whatever it needs to be converted to.
I wasn't talking about your program (I didn't even look at it ;)) -- I meant 'you' as in a programmer working with RealBasic.
The fact that the IDE is necessary instead of just helpful is a big warning sign for me.
O.o I thought you meant how I made my stuff trigger on a button instead of calling a function.
UPDATE: Finally got around to downloading Release 3. Thanks to this wonderful update, my tiny little app is now 3.5 megs. *sigh*
Quote from: RealityRipple on September 29, 2006, 09:07 PM
UPDATE: Finally got around to downloading Release 3. Thanks to this wonderful update, my tiny little app is now 3.5 megs. *sigh*
laff.. what are you using it for?
Quote from: Mystical on October 02, 2006, 08:48 PM
Quote from: RealityRipple on September 29, 2006, 09:07 PM
UPDATE: Finally got around to downloading Release 3. Thanks to this wonderful update, my tiny little app is now 3.5 megs. *sigh*
laff.. what are you using it for?
Read the OP to find out.
For making software....?