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> as someone else said it basically replaces one proprietary commercial VBA with another proprietary commercial VBA. Yeah, that's definitely a downside. I appr
by orra 4y ago
> as someone else said it basically replaces one proprietary commercial VBA with another proprietary commercial VBA.
Yeah, that's definitely a downside. I appreciate the author believes they can commercialise this more successfully if it's proprietary, but /personally/ I'd prefer something open source. One day I'll finish my own open source VB6 clone.
> There have been at least a couple of those who ended up being abandoned.
You're right. History is littered with abandoned VB6 replacements. Anybody remember GNOME Basic?
Nonetheless, credit where credit is due. Technologically, it looks like TwinBASIC has good foundations. It had a language server, although the VSCode extension is on hold for now. It imports VB6 project files, unlike looser VB6 alternatives like Gambas. And a combined Dim / Let (=) statement is long overdue.