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Hmm that's pretty vague. I guess we'll have to wait and see then.

Is it a secret what the changes coming with PB v4 are? I know it hasn't been released yet. I was just wondering what has changed. Or is it all meant to be a surprise?

Is there a maintainer for the purebasic help file? I volunteer myself if there isn't one, or they want a break. I am getting back into PB development and I need something to "wet my whistle".

Why not use AutoComplete? Type "Pro" and hit TAB, then 3 cursor downs. I didn't know I could do that. But now that you mention it, it sounds okay.

Because that's another keyword used in conjunction with "Gosub". Is PureBasic for programmers in 2005 or 1985? I think we can safely get rid of GOSUB ...

I'm waiting too. I like PureBasic but I'm hoping that some of the syntax will shorten. I can't stand typing ProcedureReturn! Why not just "return"? Well anyway I am excited to see what 4 has to offer.

What I don't understand is why we have to call them anything at all? Instead of this...
Procedure.s MyName() ... EndProcedure
What's wrong with this...
MyName.s() ... EndProcedure
While I'm on the topic, how about just End instead of EndProcedure, EndIf, etc.
Also, why not Return instead of ...

Could you write a compiler for the Purebasic language using Purebasic? In other words, can Purebasic compile itself? If not, what feature is missing from Purebasic that would prevent such a project?

Wow! I have been doing exactly the same thing. My goal is to build an interpreter, not a compiler. The purpose is to give very extensive and context-sensitive error messages. For example, in a normal case-sensitive language you might write this code...
int x;
X = 10;

An you'd get an error ...

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