People normally love to knock MS, but heck they are actively developing and promoting their product - what's not to like there?
Shall have to go grab a copy and experiment, souds far too good to miss from what others have said here.
I've always had enough trouble coding for one platform at a time as it is, who needs more? ;O) I'd not imagine it struggling to keep up with the OS or DirectX quite so badly either.
Only thing is that one is spoilt for choice as to which version of it to go with; as long as it's going to be an unfamiliar language anyway, then maybe it's time to dump BASIC altogether, as it's been a lot of trouble finding one I really like of late anyway.
Shall have to go grab a copy and experiment, souds far too good to miss from what others have said here.
I've always had enough trouble coding for one platform at a time as it is, who needs more? ;O) I'd not imagine it struggling to keep up with the OS or DirectX quite so badly either.
Only thing is that one is spoilt for choice as to which version of it to go with; as long as it's going to be an unfamiliar language anyway, then maybe it's time to dump BASIC altogether, as it's been a lot of trouble finding one I really like of late anyway.