Revolution vs. REALbasic

[Richard Gaskin]

Jeff Morrison wrote:

> I've read the promo material but would love to hear from real
> developers.  Can anyone tell me why I should choose Revolution over
> REALbasic?  Advantages and disadvantages?  Much appreciated.  Jeff

The short answer is that Rev, being a typeless and slightly higher-level
language, usually offers greater programmer productivity.

The long answer is here:

Revolution and REALbasic, A Comparison
<http://www.RunRev.com/revolution/info/compare/index.html>

and here:

Scripting: Higher Level Programming for the 21st Century
<http://dev.scriptics.com/doc/scripting.html>

In this last article, where you see "Visual Basic" think "RealBASIC", and
where you see "TCL" think "Revolution".
 
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