AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Professional version includes profiler to highlight performance issues

REAL Software, maker of REALbasic, a cross-platform development environment for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux developers, will ship REALbasic 2008 Release 3 beginning today. This release adds the new Attributes language feature, an update to the project analyzer to include warnings of deprecated functionality and other code issues, and an integrated profiler that allows programmers to track down performance issues within their applications quickly without any additional coding.

"Our users tell us that they can develop their applications faster with our development environment than with other languages," stated Geoff Perlman, President and CEO of REAL Software. "As an object-oriented language serving multiple platforms, REALbasic is extremely powerful, yet easy to use. With each quarterly update we strive to provide new capabilities, like the profiler, that will further boost productivity and enhance our community's ability to compete."

Also included will be the ability to add types within classes and several improvements to the recently added introspection functionality. There are numerous fixes and improvements included that were suggested by the user community and internal QA staff members.

The complete list of improvements and new features in REALbasic 2008 Release 3 can be found in the release note in the product download section, http://www.realsoftware.com/download.

About REALbasic

REALbasic is a full-featured software development environment suited to creating a wide range of applications, from utilities to enterprise-class applications. REALbasic Personal Edition for Windows or Mac is priced at US$100. REALbasic for Linux Personal Edition is offered for free. REALbasic Professional Edition, required for cross-platform deployment, is US$500. All versions of REALbasic are available now and can be downloaded directly from REAL Software at http://www.realsoftware.com/download.

About REAL Software

REAL Software provides REALbasic and REAL SQL Server, for developers who want to create and deliver cross-platform software for Windows, Macintosh and Linux. REAL Software was founded in 1996 and is based in Austin, Texas. For more information visit: http://www.realsoftware.com or call +1-512-328-7325.

(C)2008 REAL Software, Incorporated. REAL Software, REALbasic and the REAL Software cube logo are registered trademarks of REAL Software, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders in the United States and other countries.

Web site: http://www.realsoftware.com

Dana Mason, Director of Marketing of REAL Software, +1-512-328-7325, ext. 712