[simpits-tech] VB Code to strip digits apart
Craig Rochester
simpits-tech@simpits.org
Tue, 18 Feb 2003 18:33:37 -0500
What about MSVC++ ? There's a lot of source code around to cut-n-paste from. I bought the 6.0
Standard Edition for $50 and made my head-tracking interface to falcon. I also had fun compiling
"Battle of Britain" and "Mig Alley" from the released source code.
Craig R.
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Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 5:24 PM
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Subject: RE: [simpits-tech] VB Code to strip digits apart
> Since we're on the topic of programming, I want to learn how to write
> programs for windows and interfacing with flight sim software. I know this
> will take a bit of learning and time, but time is all I have at the moment.
> I would like some opinions on the best language to learn for this and any
> other task I might want to take on in the future.
>
The first thing you should decide is how much money you're willing to
spend. :)
The reason I ask is that there are 3 primary languages you can use with 3
different costs involved.
Cheapest (free!) is to use C. There are 3 good free C compilers that can
be had for free that you can use.
Borland C++ v5.5 (downloadable from http://www.borland.com)
Open Watcom C (downloadable from http://www.openwatcom.com)
Cygwin gcc (downloadable from http://www.cygwin.org)
Of the three, only Open Watcom (I think) comes with a good IDE (Integrated
Development Environment).
Next on the list is Delphi. Delphi is a RAD (Rapid Application
Development) tool that uses a language called Object Pascal.
There is a free edition of this tool, but any code you produce with it
must fall under the GPL.
The "Personal Edition" of Delphi 7 is only $95. There is a huge amount of
community support for Delphi. It's prime competitor is Visual Basic.
The third option is Microsoft Visual Basic 6. I can't seem to find a
price on this beast. It's not cheap though. :) You'll spend more on this
than you will for Delphi.
I don't mention Visual Basic .Net or C# (C-Sharp) because they're not
truly compiled languages. They're tokenized and run through a byte code
interpreter which makes them noticibly slower than their natively compiled
equivalents.
My personal choice is Delphi since it does what I need with a lot of
flexibility, even though VB6 pays my mortgage. :)
g.
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