[NEW BOOK] Purebasic - A Beginner's Guide To Programming...

Kale · Post by **Kale** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:52 am

White Eagle wrote:I have not bought the book, and probably will not, but I am amazed in looking through the sample that "PureBasic" is continually spelled as "Purebasic".

You say potato, i say Potato...

Flype · Post by **Flype** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:24 am

hello kale,
am i too curious if i ask how many books have been sold - at the moment ?

Kale · Post by **Kale** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:05 am

Flype wrote:hello kale,
am i too curious if i ask how many books have been sold - at the moment ?

Lots.

PB · Post by PB » Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:08 am

> "PureBasic" is continually spelled as "Purebasic"

Yes, that is strange. I guess it's a trademark thing so Kale didn't have to pay
any royalties for using the correct official spelling of the name? Kale?

Kale · Post by **Kale** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:48 am

PB wrote:> "PureBasic" is continually spelled as "Purebasic"

Yes, that is strange. I guess it's a trademark thing so Kale didn't have to pay
any royalties for using the correct official spelling of the name? Kale?

Nah, i just used Purebasic and to be honest i never even noticed.

yoxola · Post by **yoxola** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:04 am

A beginner won't care "PureBasic" or "Purebasic".

However it seems ppl here do care about this....
How about change it in the next revision?

Technically all of us are wrong, it sould be PureBASIC,
BASIC is a common term for such programming language.

PB · Post by PB » Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:56 am

> Technically all of us are wrong, it sould be PureBASIC,
> BASIC is a common term for such programming language

Not exactly. The name "PureBasic" is a proper noun, and as such, is written
however the creator of that noun decides. Fred chose to use "Basic" instead
of "BASIC" and therefore that is the correct grammar. (Note that Microsoft
also did this with "Visual Basic").

yoxola · Post by **yoxola** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:06 pm

It's not proper grammer, just due to habit or the creater called it,
there's no doubt PureBasic can be a product name, but it's exactly
a BASIC language unless Fred declared it's not following the BASIC
rules, then PureBasic stands for a standalone name.

If you get to http://www.purebasic.com/, you can see this is
"PureBasic", not "Purebasic"

The main features of PureBasic

- Huge set of internal commands (800+) to quickly and easily build any application or game
- All BASIC keywords are supported

This at least tells us all Fred knows "BASIC" is a common term,
he just choose the name "PureBasic" as brand name.

PB · Post by PB » Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:46 pm

> This at least tells us all Fred knows "BASIC" is a common term,
> he just choose the name "PureBasic" as brand name

Exactly what I said.

Kale · Post by **Kale** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:58 pm

Well, i'm still not changing it.

Character · Post by **Character** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:20 pm

Well, i'm still not changing it.

Shame. I think PureBasic simply looks better than Purebasic.

Just like your variable syntax advice Kale -->

Code: Select all

GlassWine.s = "Kale's favorite"

Haha joking

Droopy · Post by **Droopy** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:06 pm

Is there a way to buy this book in € ?

Post by **Andre** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:00 pm

Hi Kale, I made some promotion for your new book also on www.PureArea.net

PB · Post by PB » Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:22 pm

> i'm still not changing it

You should, if only to show potential buyers that you didn't make a spelling error.

Kale · Post by **Kale** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:40 pm

Droopy wrote:Is there a way to buy this book in € ?

If you order through CafePress using a debit or credit card, it is automagically converted from your native currency (in this case Euros) into the right Dollar amount using that day's conversion rate.

Andre wrote:Hi Kale, I made some promotion for your new book also on www.PureArea.net

Thanks Andre, very generous of you.

PB wrote: > i'm still not changing it

You should, if only to show potential buyers that you didn't make a spelling error.

There's no spelling error, it's spelt exactly the way i intended it.