This is a brand New project built in an old technology. It's a compiler that eventually will be compatible with the code of Visual Basic... oh wait, they call that Classic VB. It's written in Classic VB because it will eventually be able to be compiled in itself so it didn't make sense to create it in another language. However, this is NOT a VB rip off. Personally I really Like/Liked coding in VB as it was a language where you could rapidly develop business applications, but being a general purpose language if you knew the ins and outs of the language it wasn't half bad for utilities. The main problem being, no console. For this particular application I've solved that problem, but the new language will have the ability to utilize a console without the need for work a round's. So the plan is more of what I think VB could have been rather than what it is. Native Code, console mode, and the ability to inherit the language from predefined includes rather than the whole language being built into a gigantic interpreter.
It's based on an old project I found on the net that's been sitting around since 2006. There is more in the documentation about that, but more importantly if I've not lost you yet, we are looking for help.
Prior to posting I've spent the last month working on it. Besides source, we have pre-compiled binaries ready to go, along with examples. There is also a code editor... ish... Like I said... we are looking for help.
if you have concerns about installing VS 6 on your machine, you shouldn't... I run VS 11 right next to VS 6 on my machine or you can take your old 2000 or XP machine out of the closet and use it. I know that I use my XP machine and have GIT on it as well. I can't vouch for 2k, but I know that I used Git Extender on XP SPA3.
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This is a brand New project built in an old technology. It's a compiler that eventually will be compatible with the code of Visual Basic... oh wait, they call that Classic VB. It's written in Classic VB because it will eventually be able to be compiled in itself so it didn't make sense to create it in another language. However, this is NOT a VB rip off. Personally I really Like/Liked coding in VB as it was a language where you could rapidly develop business applications, but being a general purpose language if you knew the ins and outs of the language it wasn't half bad for utilities. The main problem being, no console. For this particular application I've solved that problem, but the new language will have the ability to utilize a console without the need for work a round's. So the plan is more of what I think VB could have been rather than what it is. Native Code, console mode, and the ability to inherit the language from predefined includes rather than the whole language being built into a gigantic interpreter.
It's based on an old project I found on the net that's been sitting around since 2006. There is more in the documentation about that, but more importantly if I've not lost you yet, we are looking for help.
Prior to posting I've spent the last month working on it. Besides source, we have pre-compiled binaries ready to go, along with examples. There is also a code editor... ish... Like I said... we are looking for help.
if you have concerns about installing VS 6 on your machine, you shouldn't... I run VS 11 right next to VS 6 on my machine or you can take your old 2000 or XP machine out of the closet and use it. I know that I use my XP machine and have GIT on it as well. I can't vouch for 2k, but I know that I used Git Extender on XP SPA3.