Its cool in linux... Be sure to read up on how to get it running under your distro. There's plenty of how-to's in the Linux forums.
Its a bit of a hassle, but once you have it setup, it works well enough. I'm not speaking of the current IDE under Linux, but BlitzMAX itself. The apps run about the same on all os platforms.
Oh, to the topic: I got Max specifically for the following reasons:
1) X-Platform
2) OOP
3) Easy to use and follow the language
4) Extensible
5) Can use OpenGL directly (even tho I currently don't use that)
6) Its priced so well I couldn't resist!
There are others. But these are the top reasons.
Its a bit of a hassle, but once you have it setup, it works well enough. I'm not speaking of the current IDE under Linux, but BlitzMAX itself. The apps run about the same on all os platforms.
Oh, to the topic: I got Max specifically for the following reasons:
1) X-Platform
2) OOP
3) Easy to use and follow the language
4) Extensible
5) Can use OpenGL directly (even tho I currently don't use that)
6) Its priced so well I couldn't resist!
There are others. But these are the top reasons.