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Jambo B
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Posted: 11th Nov 2012 17:48 Edited at: 11th Nov 2012 19:19
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Hello,

I work in a primary school and would like to get some of the older kiddies into programming. Can I legally allow them to use Dark Basic Pro Free version?

If not, can anyone recommend a similar language which I could use for nowt?

Thanks for any advice,

James
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MrValentine
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Posted: 11th Nov 2012 18:16
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As far as I know and understand, DBP free is free to use, and has ad banners... I cannot say much regarding the created exe's however...

Perhaps post this question to the TGC team instead of here?

http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=contact

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nonZero
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Posted: 11th Nov 2012 20:47 Edited at: 11th Nov 2012 20:48
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DBPro free is free to use for individuals only:
Quote: "Note: This is offer is for single home users only. Business and educational establishments cannot use the free version."

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. You can always stick it on the school's tab.


Other languages similar to DarkBasic? DarkBasic is obviously heavily influenced by QBasic. So, here are two:

FreeBASIC - Modern hybrid of Qbasic and C -style syntax. Looks pretty straightforward and is GPL (free). There's a wikipedia page here. I've been wanting to try this one out for a while now since it's cross-platform too.

QB64 - Modern Qbasic port. Pretty much Qbasic with extras. I don't know if it actually compiles or just interprets.

Hope that's of some use. If I think of something else I'll post it. Check out wikipedia list of BASIC languages (don't remember where I found it) as each article normally has a code example.

RP Functions Library v1.0

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