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* cleans contacts * Hmm, I see more clearly now ...

The only thing I see VB and RB having in common is the huge bloat associated with each other. RB runs on different OSes, but runs very slow compared to PB. On the other hand, VB only runs on windows, and in most cases runs slower then PB.

However, I would agree... I would like to see PB under a different name due to the syntax changes

The name is OK.
I don't care what they think, if someone thinks you're gay because an idiot said so, does it make you gay? no it doesnt, you know who you are and what you do. THats all, you shouldnt care about the lame souls out there trying to ruin you! -- Plus, If someone thinks that the language for being named "basic" its crap, then, when they ask.. you can say you programm in C.. they'll never know about it... Else say PB and begin a fight.. which you will win if you know how to enumerate PB's features.. then, the other guy will put some excuse and run away... defeated!

Some day... there should be a programming language competition.. I don't know.., I mean.. each programming language has a community, right.. Then, each community could develop an application (within some rules?) and after X time, they must send it.. judges reviews many aspects like.. speed, design, exe size.. even execution time -startup- etc.. ) it wouldnt be a bad idea hehe, however... who would care about this??

What we really need to do is clone Fred so that he can be more productive.

I started with Liberty Basic too and then landed here after a rough time with IBasic. The learning curve was minmal because everything is what it sounds like. GetGadgetText(#MyGadget). What could be easier?

It is that philosophy and the fact that a lot of useful API functions are now "native" that makes PB what it is. It is great for RAD. I can create programs in half the time that do more with fewer variables...wow! I had to unlearn a lot of "programming" because PB made things so much easier and without variables.

You can actually read the contents of a file directly into a listgadget without a single variable and visa versa--very fast!

Fred needs some help, but it has to be the right help. Some of the spagheti code I've seen as solutions here (only occationally though) is a little scary. Some of the libraries, though, PB should buy and include in the distribution (why re-invent the wheel?) some it should not.

Just like SETI uses home computers networked together to analyze data, Fred could assign some library work to others who would follow his philosophy and would produce tight code. Then add their work to the final product. We also need someone to go through the English help files! They're not up to the PB standard and it probably turns some away.

Well, that's my 2 cents (what is that in Euros?)

PB&J Lover,

ATM 0.8179€=$1.0

Just for fun.

Well that's my 0.0164€ then!

ricardo wrote:

DevilDog wrote:to include the mother of all Basics, Visual Basic?

I dont think VB is 'the mother of all Basics' !!

Neither do I, more the degenerate offshoots of Basic...

http://inventors.about.com/library/inve ... lbasic.htm

The first Basic considered to be a full language implemented on a microprocessor was Li Chen Wang's "Tiny Basic", which appeared in Dr. Dobbs.