On Jan 26, 2006, at 8:13 PM, Ronald Anderson wrote:

> What language do you fellows work with that performs in 10 plus?
>
> Don't know if I have the gumption to learn a new language but who  
> knows.

Ronald,

The language is called FutureBASIC (you knew that). Staz has done an  
incredible job of making most things transparent for you. Almost  
everything you already know works.

OS X, being object oriented, does not allow some of the [lazy] things  
we used to do and it definitely does not allow you to  
indiscriminately POKE things into places where you shouldn't be  
poken' things. There is a FN [Method] for just about everything you  
need but it isn't anything you should fear. Really.

There is a quote I ran across that says, "He who marries the spirit  
of the age soon finds himself a widower." You don't have to jump in  
head first, just get your feet wet and the rest of us will be there  
with towels to dry you off if you slip and fall in.

Start simple, one step at a time, and before you know it your running  
under OS X.

Good luck,

Max Taylor
The MaxClass Guy