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here is a good anti-piracy plan, guaranteed to lessen the illegal use of your software:

1. point them to an alternative that is freeware.
2. point them to a paid but cheaper competitor.

since theres just so many software that does the same thing, you will do them a favor of pointing out the best ...

What are you think what you will see if you compare BASIC source dialects?
why i want to see source? didnt you mention that you were comparing basic dialect? how am i supposed to follow your comparison using an exe??

We all here knows BASIC is not really a standard.
So you can only see what we ...

yes it is the compiler that makes the exe. but didnt everybody knows that pb makes small source? besides, superadnim explained in detail already regarding the file sizes.

@superadmin,
I compare only two BASIC dialects.


so you compared the dialect by looking at the exe file size? how is that ...

@superadmin,
I compare only two BASIC dialects.
C++ is not a BASIC dialect so a compare between PB and C++ makes no sense here.


but you compared the executable size, not the basic dialect. i did not see the source how would i know that pb is better than bb? maybe if compare portions of source ...

when microsoft threaten our goverment with some "action" regarding rampant piracy, the solution that the goverment came up with was to force all computers in the public sector (pub school/libraries/government offices/etc..) to use free/open-source software. ms did not like the idea, and they even ...

in my country, people do not buy software/services online because of HIGH exchange rates. stuff to be bought online is priced in us $, thats all fine for those earning dollars. but if your earning in local currency and going to convert it to $ its just too much. only the big corps like intel or ...

one way to improve a crackers skill is to give them something new to work on. if they initially dont know anything about hard disk serials, i bet they would knows tons after tying to crack this program

They are being good consumers and spending their money to keep the economies running.


unfortunately the economy is not perfect, which means the profit goes only to the waltons and its shareholders.

if people want a really good economy where wealth is not concentrated on few large companies ...

i have always redraw off. tried it enabled does not make a difference. i also turned off all other editor options too (auto, color, etc) and still the same. i tried it with a blank source and it still flickers, when for example going through the menus.

i loaded calc and move it around in the ...

hi.

im having some probs in japbe. occasionally while typing, the editor area flickers. i dont know what triggers it while typing, but the flickering always occur while saving. whenever i save (ctl-s, save button,file save), the editor area flashes for a bit. also after saving, the first keypress ...