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[Oso]

The expansion of Python, Go and JavaScript render most Basics obsolete. PureBasic (&SpiderBasic) is the long-lived exception.

What we're using though, in PureBasic, is a language that offers quite a number of C programming concepts and the power that comes with them, but at the same time provides the convenience and productivity of BASIC syntax. I would think therefore PureBasic is much more than a typical BASIC and it really only shares the BASIC name — not the BASIC scope.

There's also Rust that's been making a name recently. But aren't there too many languages now that the industry has encouraged to proliferate? I feel that so many new languages have been designed to fill gaps in existing languages, instead of extending those which already exist. In doing so, they themselves have broad weaknesses too, because they focus on a limited aspect. One could argue that none of them are broadly any good and some seem weak. That's perhaps why we need such things as "stacks" these days — in other words, to complete a programming project, we have to use several languages

[williamvanhoecke]

I am sorry if I offended the group.

This forum is meant to ask questions, so....No you didn't. Welcome to PureBasic!

[skywalk]

What we're using though, in PureBasic, is a language that offers quite a number of C programming concepts and the power that comes with them, but at the same time provides the convenience and productivity of BASIC syntax. I would think therefore PureBasic is much more than a typical BASIC and it really only shares the BASIC name — not the BASIC scope.

There's also Rust that's been making a name recently. But aren't there too many languages now that the industry has encouraged to proliferate? I feel that so many new languages have been designed to fill gaps in existing languages, instead of extending those which already exist. In doing so, they themselves have broad weaknesses too, because they focus on a limited aspect. One could argue that none of them are broadly any good and some seem weak. That's perhaps why we need such things as "stacks" these days — in other words, to complete a programming project, we have to use several languages

I only tried to list languages that erode Basic adoption. Python is heavily promoted in academia and a large percentage of corporations.

Rust(and Zig) are an evolution of C to reduce or eliminate undefined behavior and memory corruption while maintaining the speed of C. These are terse system languages.
Other languages(Odin,V,Beef) seek to improve C/C++, but they are most often written in C/C++ to achieve their goals.

PureBasic has also consistently evolved and continues to provide a worthy competitor to both new and old languages.

[Oso]

Welcome to the community! I know you said you are considering it. You will not regret your purchase.

Some very nice points made Kuron — always great to read other members' personal history with a product we enjoy using.

Best wishes to the PB community. Thank you for the memories.

Thanks and likewise to you, I thought at first it sounded like you are going away.

[Oso]

Rust(and Zig) are an evolution of C to reduce or eliminate undefined behavior and memory corruption while maintaining the speed of C. These are terse system languages. Other languages(Odin,V,Beef) seek to improve C/C++, but they are most often written in C/C++ to achieve their goals.

Some new ones on me there Damn, that's some hours reading up I've got to do to try to keep up to date. Really though, if there are so many that attempt to resolve areas of C/C++ then it says a lot about C — both its difficulties and its staying power.

[ChrisR]

Nice prose and a beautiful message Kuron
I haven't been here since 2004, but after a little time, I feel the same way
Fred's answer sums it up: there's a lot of mutual respect and shared values between them and for users.
They can be proud of the result, a great adventure which I hope will continue.

PureBasic wouldn't be what it is today without them

Including all the guys who have contributed to this success story.
Compact (-50Mb for windows x64), portable, multi-platform, fast compilation, powerful... with an easy and modern BASIC programming language, and incredibly, a lifetime license!!!
Respect

I didn't know that PB has actually been on store shelves at one point.
it would be nice if it could go back there again, also be present in engineering schools rather than Python...

At least for me, I'll always be grateful
PureBasic has given me a new taste and pleasure for development, after 25 years on As400 and a burnout.

[Oso]

PureBasic has given me a new taste and pleasure for development, after 25 years on As400 and a burnout.

Yes, the same feeling — similar background of RPG2 on IBM System 34/36, at the very start of my career, after which one year was enough, then I used the PICK MV Database for over 37 years. Still developing and supporting on PICK now, but PureBasic offers some very compelling reasons to use it and it's hard to "put it down".

[plouf]

What we're using though, in PureBasic, is a language that offers quite a number of C programming concepts and the power that comes with them, but at the same time provides the convenience and productivity of BASIC syntax. I would think therefore PureBasic is much more than a typical BASIC and it really only shares the BASIC name — not the BASIC scope.

What are the "c concepts" from C in PB under your opinion ???

[mk-soft]

What we're using though, in PureBasic, is a language that offers quite a number of C programming concepts and the power that comes with them, but at the same time provides the convenience and productivity of BASIC syntax. I would think therefore PureBasic is much more than a typical BASIC and it really only shares the BASIC name — not the BASIC scope.

What are the "c concepts" from C in PB under your opinion ???

Dealing with memory, pointers, structures, prototypes and interface are similar to 'C', but not the same syntax.

[Oso]

What are the "c concepts" from C in PB under your opinion ???

Dealing with memory, pointers, structures, prototypes and interface are similar to 'C', but not the same syntax.

Exactly, it's also clear that those who've developed PureBasic have been inspired by C, as we can see it in the way they've implemented features like allocate memory, sizeof() and so on.

The ability to do the following — it feels like C programming whereas in a typical BASIC, we'd be limited to using slow MID() :

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  Debug Chr(*str\u)
  *str + SizeOf(Unicode) 
Wend

I was also thinking of the way that C is commonly put to use, even if the C language itself is often limited in scope, such as implementing linked lists https://www.learn-c.org/en/Linked_lists and also maps in C++, very similar to PB https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/c-plu ... h-examples :

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  first['a']=10;
  first['b']=20;
  first['c']=30;
  first['d']=40;

Possibly PureBasic might even encourage a separate interest in C, I know that's happened in my case.

[BarryG]

Possibly PureBasic might even encourage a separate interest in C

In my case, using PureBasic has definitely taught me to read and understand other people's C code more easily, which is a nice benefit.

[useful]

Basic is considered a beginner's programming language. I'm naming PureBasic a programming language for those completing their programming. In the sense that you have used all operating systems and tool libraries at least once, but at least once, but programming in C, assembler, etc., but the appearance of PB in your hands makes you lazy. Why remember everything when the valiant Frederic Laboureur and Timo Harter remember it all instead of you.

p.s. I took my first programming exam around this time 45 years ago. And the first program that someone else used but me wrote almost 41 years ago.

[mk-soft]

I only understood object-oriented programming when I worked with Purebasic with external objects (DCOM, OPC-DA, VB-Script, etc).

[User_Russian]

I only understood object-oriented programming

It's a pity that PB doesn't support it native object-oriented programming...
You have to write a lot of extra code for this and this increases the likelihood of making mistakes.

[the.weavster]

It's a pity that PB doesn't support it native object-oriented programming...
You have to write a lot of extra code for this and this increases the likelihood of making mistakes.

OOP

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