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It's done ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4RPeJgk_E

Fred wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:56 am It's done ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4RPeJgk_E

Great to have rhe follow up.

I didn't catch what Fred said at 3:14, "PureBasic which is mostly based on ______" ?

Fred wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:56 am It's done ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4RPeJgk_E

Thanks a lot!

PBJim wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 11:57 am I didn't catch what Fred said at 3:14, "PureBasic which is mostly based on ______" ?

Blitz Basic (I think ?)

OMG, this is awesome. Thanks Fred and Mike!

PBJim wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 11:57 am I didn't catch what Fred said at 3:14, "PureBasic which is mostly based on ______" ?

Yes, it's BlitzBasic

It's so interesting to finally hear Fred's voice after all these years, I guess to me as a blind person it's like seeing a picture for sighted people. My voice profile was pretty close honestly, but I had his accent way wrong. Thanks again for doing this Fred, it's been such a great year for interviews on the PB side so far

Next one in 10 years

Fred wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 6:25 pm Next one in 10 years

By then, PB will be running on 9 more platforms at this rate

Thanks for the interview Fred

I had some old questions triggered by the interview.
1. With PB Variable.type syntax, is there hesitance to expand the data types?
Specifically, unsigned integer, unsigned quad.
Would you allow 2 char types?
MyInt.ui or MyQuad.uq
Or pick from the available 26 letters? j is i+1 and r is next from q?
MyusInt.j or MyusQuad.r

2. While I admire the effort to support gui's in each OS, was there any consideration to choosing 1 for all OS's?
Does GTK work for all OS?

3. With the push for webview gui's, do you see SpiderBasic competing with PureBasic?

Hi skywalk ! Here is some quick answers:

1. we will stick with one letter type

2. Never, native application is what PB does. GTK has a lot of issue by himself on Windows/OSX (and also on Linux) so it's not a good choice.

3. No, why should it ? Webview is just another way to do UI for native desktop apps, while SpiderBasic is meant for mobile/web

By a mistake, I typed "purebasic" on yt instead of google, and I discovered this long sequence.

My first impression is the accent of Fred. I had the chance to meet a english friend in Paris which was very strong about my accent. I got 2 or 3 of his natural accent, what it changes totally the communication. What it is not without a specific problem, knowing inventing new words. And be aware that a new (false) word has been pronounced, in the last sentence !

So, if an english person could get Fred, during a week, in England, alone (very important), to offer him the virus of the english accent (which is not easy), this could be a good affair !


My second impression is the format of the movie. We expect (scrolling or not) screenshoots and (slow motion or not) short clips, illustrating the answers, inside a ten-minutes movie. But nope.


My last (and main) impression is a big thank to Fred and Mike Shah (I did not know before) to make this movie, because, sure, behind the accent and the movie format, there are human persons. And a lot of details which have been given, searching only what it is real.

So, thank you for this share.

Good interview and thanks for sharing in YT

Did anybody know this pure basic ad ?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y-gYSHHEdfU

[x] short
[x] human
[x] illustrated
[x] has forgot a zero digit on the price

This makes work on the way ! Mike is managing so real !