Gambas – open-source Basic for Linux inspired by VB

Re:Gambas – open-source Basic for Linux inspired by VB by lioeters on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @02:44PM (#35361441)

> Gambas almost means BASIC

It means "shrimp" in Spanish, as you can see from the logo.

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Re:Gambas – open-source Basic for Linux inspired by VB by pantalaimon on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @02:50PM (#35361530)

It’s also a recursive acronym that stands for

> Gambas almost means BASIC

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Re:Gambas – open-source Basic for Linux inspired by VB by pjmlp on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @03:21PM (#35361975)

Not only Spanish.

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Re:Gambas – open-source Basic for Linux inspired by VB by tiagod on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @04:53PM (#35363454)

Means prawns actually. In Portuguese too.

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Re:Gambas – open-source Basic for Linux inspired by VB by ambyra on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:24PM (#35363924)

I'm convinced that shrimp, prawns, and lobster are all actually the same creature, sold at different stages of its life to create artificial market segmentation.

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Re:Gambas – open-source Basic for Linux inspired by VB by froh on Thursday March 30, 2023 @06:02AM (#35370342)

Poe's law and HN guidelines bring you gentle clarification: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapoda

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Re:Gambas – open-source Basic for Linux inspired by VB by poulpy123 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @05:39AM (#35370174)

also in french (the mother tongue of the creator)

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