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Mercury (RemObjects BASIC programming language)

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Mercury[1] (known as Modern Visual Basic)[1][2] is a programming language developed by RemObjects Software. Mercury is a revitalization of Microsoft Visual Basic.NET language which Microsoft ceased to enhance.[3] RemObjects extends VB.Net underlying language and adds more features to it.[4]

Mercury is a commercial product and offers full integration into Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE on Windows, as well as its RemObjects Elements IDE called Water on Windows or Fire on macOS. Mercury is the sixth language supported by the underlying Elements Compiler toolchain, next to C#, Swift, Java, Go and Oxygene.

References

  1. ^ a b "Mercury: A Visual Basic-compatible programming language for all Platforms | RemObjects Software". www.remobjects.com. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  2. ^ Ramel, David (2021-05-21). "'Modern Visual Basic' Mercury Language Debuts -". Visual Studio Magazine. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  3. ^ Ramel, David (2020-03-12). "Microsoft: 'We Do Not Plan to Evolve Visual Basic as a Language' -". Visual Studio Magazine. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  4. ^ "Introducing Mercury". RemObjects Software Blog. 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2022-04-18.