One thing to also look at is how each company provides upgrades and the cost.

I know of 3 Basic compilers.


MELabs PicBasic Pro
Basic Micro's MBasic
and Proton +.


I've used PBP quite a bit and really love it for the speed it takes to develop a simple project.
However once your projects get to be more complex, then I think a C-compiler is the way to go.

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