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From: cs178aas@sdcc8.ucsd.EDU (Grobbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Beginning Mac Programming
Message-ID: <803@sdcc8.ucsd.EDU>
Date: 29 Feb 88 07:43:32 GMT
References: <8W8QYby00Xc5AFE04R@andrew.cmu.edu> <2565@auscso.UUCP>
Reply-To: cs178aas@sdcc8.ucsd.edu.UUCP (Grobbins)
Organization: UCSD
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Summary: ZBasic works well

In article <2565@auscso.UUCP> mentat@auscso.UUCP (Robert Dorsett) writes:
>BASIC is an anachronism, and has no place on the Mac.  If
>you buy a BASIC, odds are that you'll find it unusable within days (if
>you plan on doing anything fancy), and will be out another couple hundred
>dollars for a Pascal or C compiler.

Not true.  ZBasic produces perfectly Mac-like applications, yet using 
it requires no knowledge of Inside Mac.  It is a fast compiler, and 
provides nearly full toolbox access.  While ZBasic is no substitute 
for a full Pascal or C compiler for commercial applications, it's among 
the fastest ways to get a good, professional program up and running on 
the Mac, especially for someone with no desire to invest several
months learning the ins and outs of Mac programming.

Grobbins              grobbins%sdemlab@ucsd.edu