[gramie]

A dev tool with a monthly subscription? That's enough to stop me right there.

An alternative is B4J, a free (as in beer) BASIC that compiles to Java, so should run just about anywhere. It also has

* B4A - a free version for Android * B4R - a free version for Arduino and ESP8266 * B4I - a paid version for iOS

The main (sole?) developer is ridiculously responsive and helpful.

[forgotpwd16]

>A dev tool with a monthly subscription?

It seems that can buy a perpetual license for GBP £5000 / developer, which is equal to 16 years of monthly subscription (quite optimistic for a 3yo project).

[gilbertbw]

They actually have a new year deal [0] on a perpetual licence to all v1 versions for £249, equal to 10 months of the subscription.

[0] https://twinbasic.com/NEWYEAR25

[wilg]

it seems pretty reasonable to charge $30-50 a month for somebody doing the hero's work of reimplementing and building on top of a 30 year old programming environment. also there's a free one! spray money the people who do crazy niche work! that's what makes the world beautiful!

[neverartful]

They do have a free tier. It's nice having more dev tool options than fewer options.

[VB6-Programming]

twinBASIC programming has a free Community Edition.