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May 23rd, 2011, 09:47 AM
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Re: Confirmed: Microsoft Said It Will Open Source VB6
 Originally Posted by akhileshbc
Why not VB6 fans could create a new version of VB all my themselves from scratch ? I think, there are several MVPs and brilliant minds out there among those who love VB6. So, if they spend some time together, I think, they could end up in creating the language themselves ! Isn't it so ?
Creating a good compiler is a very difficult thing to do.
Then you'll want a good IDE, supporting libraries, and associated development tools - though for tools you might borrow stuff already provided by the Windows SDK (resource compiler, linker, etc.). Still, a huge effort.
It has been attempted quite a few times, so there are a bunch of open and closed source, free and for-pay Basic compilers out there for Windows. Successful? Well, we're here talking about VB6 so I'd say not successful enough.
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