truth and lie about purebasic

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:56 pm

Berikco wrote:Even m$ Access is not compatible between releases..

It's the company's name that make people fall to their knees, not their update policy. Fantaisie Software hasn't that state yet...

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:02 am

VPureBasic wrote:Why not change the name of PureBasic to PureCode?

Why not call it PureFree and in Preferences you can rename all keywords to whatever you want. This way nobody except you can read your code - a programmer's dream!

Post by **freak** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:36 am

This discussion is pointless.
We will not just change the name PureBasic. Neiter will we stick to any stupid standard few people even know exists.
If you know us and PureBasic, you should know that we don't just comply to a standard just for the sake of
doing things like everybody else.

chris319 · Post by **chris319** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:56 am

Neiter will we stick to any stupid standard few people even know exists.

How many times do I have to repeat this?

We're not talking about standards compliance.

We're talking about adding a few functions contained in the standard AND in other implementations of BASIC which are absent from PureBasic. How many implementations of BASIC can you name which don't have EXP() or ATN()?

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:01 am

chris319 wrote:How many implementations of BASIC can you name which don't have EXP() or ATN()?

How many don't accept a variable after Step?

chris319 · Post by **chris319** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:24 am

Thomas wrote:
chris319 wrote:How many implementations of BASIC can you name which don't have EXP() or ATN()?
How many don't accept a variable after Step?

Um, not many?

Intrigued · Post by **Intrigued** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:27 am

chris319 wrote:
Thomas wrote:
chris319 wrote:How many implementations of BASIC can you name which don't have EXP() or ATN()?
How many don't accept a variable after Step?
Um, not many?

D'oh, I wish the other (LUA based) platform allowed for steps via variables, fwiw.

Post by **freak** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:04 am

chris319 wrote:
Neiter will we stick to any stupid standard few people even know exists.
How many times do I have to repeat this?

We're not talking about standards compliance.

Yes you were, at least on the last few pages of this thread.
Now get yourself a beer and calm down. The world is not comming to an end today (at least not that i know of)

djes · Post by **djes** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:14 am

I think I'll give Fred $5 to continue to have the strength to work after reading threads like this.

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:46 am

This thread has falled absolutely again to the matter referenced by viewtopic.php?t=19649, i. e. about if PB is Basic language or not Basic language. I agree with Timo, and i must add this important concept:
Basic is a topic, i mean, it is a language which was created long time ago, and the fact PureBasic includes "Basic" word does not mean it saves all features which had Basic language/s. In other words:
PureBasic is a product name, that's all. And don't care if it is called PureCode, PureBasic or PeraBisac, that's not very important.
It is true that it has an inheritance of Basic, but lots of inheritance characters are lost and/or changed with the evolution. The same happens to humans, animals, vegetables and everything in Cosmos.
If you fall in the question: "Basic or not Basic", you are falling down on a Totem (that's the case of Chris319)
The most important for sure is to locate and remove bugs and to get the more important libraries to be done in the best ASM, like Sprite, Sprite3D, and some others..., and i have seen nobody defending this prioritary matter in this thread!!! (Except Ralf, and some other...) And come on, this last is the real reason of being of this thread!!!
Thanx :roll:

Fangbeast · Post by **Fangbeast** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:05 am

I agree with Psychophanta, who gives a flying monkey's balls what the the language is called. Get the bugs out and get on with life, that's more important.

And it's the language creator's right to call it whatever he wants to and not some misguided person's right to tell him to do so. And believe me, I wanted to use the words I was actually thinking but wanted some peace on the subject.

chris319 · Post by **chris319** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:30 am

If you fall in the question: "Basic or not Basic", you are falling down on a Totem (that's the case of Chris319)

You've got the wrong guy. For the 9,000th time, my position is that PureBasic is what it is. The OP and I have suggested that a half-dozen functions/keywords be added. If you have an issue with changing the PureBasic name, take it up with netmaestro or vPureBasic who brought it up.

chris319 · Post by **chris319** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:43 am

djes wrote:I think I'll give Fred $5 to continue to have the strength to work after reading threads like this.

He's too smart to still be reading it.

Post by **Dare2** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:47 am

dracflamloc · Post by **dracflamloc** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:02 pm

Good grief I know the mods here are liberal, but if ever a thread needed to be locked its this one...