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It is a talk about compiler optimisations and how next generation CPUs are able to see further into the code than before, thus allowing certain optimisations to get in the way of a faster program.

I remember every so often Fred bringing up the topic ...

Was there any point during the development of the PB IDE you guys wanted to use something like the Eclipse platform?

I have enjoyed reading the technical blog posts about PB. I too vote this request up.

"DisplayTransparentSprite" no longer works inside a [Start/Stop]Drawing block. My code works perfect without [Start/Stop]Drawing, and so I am happy to take it out.

Has something happened to the underlying API? Is it because of DirectX 11 that we no longer need [Start/Stop]Drawing?

Nice work PB ...

Is there an update on this? It would be nice to be able to have colored sprites.

You can have coloured sprites as the user above you has posted.


Alpha.i = 128

DisplayTransparentSprite(ASpriteNo, 0, 0, Alpha, #Red) ; Set the colour here
DisplayTransparentSprite(ASpriteNo, 0, 0, Alpha) ; Draw ...

I know for a fact that 5.12 is coming out this time next week, and it will have OOP support to its fullest. PB will become the next Smalltalk.

Sorry, I thought this was a funny response.

I do not know about any one else but I seem to use a combination of pen & paper, various different pieces of software, such as mind mapping, general diagramming inc. UML, Excel, and ToDo lists.

I find that a combination of things facilitate my brain usage differently, and therefore I can never just ...

Thanks for clearing that up.

In the manual it mentions that if you do not specify a return type that anything could return.
It also mentions you should not mix integers with pointers because of obvious issues with portability, i.e. win32 & win64 integer types and pointer sizes.

I like being able to return a pointer.
Can I ...

I forgot to rename my title to "PB thoughts" right after I hit submit. :P

I am just a little overexcited. I haven't been a big fan of BASIC other than QBASIC because it was the first language I had ever used when I was 9. It is very exciting to see a viable version of BASIC that has been around a ...

I realise the open source PB thing didn't work out so I am not suggesting it. If a few selected members of the PB community had access to a source control PB it would mean quicker bug fixes for small issues. A fix here, and a fix there would help Fred over the long run and because it is only a few ...

Any chance?

FlipBuffers() blocks to wait for a vblank if vsync is enabled. I'm not sure what you're getting at here when it comes to your FPS counter.

I was checking to see how long the event loop is taking. It was 66ms and I wondered why. I set the frame rate to 15fps. I just used the timer to tick off when ...

Just found out that it indeed does block. I timed it myself.

Time to remove the FPS counter and add my own timers.

Thanks EllapsedMilliseconds!

I can simply use a timer to simulate the draw fps, but the answer to this question could save me 30 seconds worth of effort.