Need some advice, please.
If you want something "quick to learn" then you can completely forget
Machine Code (Assembly language) or C++. With machine code you can produce
programs which cannot be beaten for speed - and C++ is not a very long way
behind - but they are both difficult to learn and require a good working
knowledge of the operating system of the PC (Windows or whatever). The
easiest to learn, and the one which will enable you to come up with working
programs fastest of all is Visual Basic. A slight problem with Visual Basic
is that it does not produce true compiled executables (forget what Micro$oft
will tell you about version 6.0 - it still does NOT produce true compiled
execs!). This means that your programs will not run as fast as they could -
but they are still fast enough for me! In between Visual Basic and C++ is
Delphi. This is a fine and powerful language which does produce true
compiled executables - and as a result the programs which you write with it
will run at least twice as fast as their Visual Basic equivalents. It is
slightly harder to learn than Visual Basic - but it is worth the effort. If
you already have some programming experience with earlier version of Basic
(maybe on other computers) then I would go for Visual Basic. If you do not,
then I would go for Delphi.
Hope this helps.
Mike
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>Hi,
>After searching all over the web, and failing to find the relevant
newsgroup
>I am trying here.....
>Please can someone point me in the direction (or offer a personal
testimony)
>of somewhere to find comparisons and recommendations on the best language
to
>use for GUI development (with structured arguments for and against each,
>preferably), e.g. Visual Basic, Java, etc. I have skills in Smalltalk
>(Visualworks) and am looking for something quick to learn for a small
>project.
>Email replies greatly appreciated.
>Thanks,
>Jay
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