1. Years and years ago I probably posted something about PB not being picked up by the Big Boys unless it did this or that. In the end, I think I was right, and wrong. Its true PB will not be picked up by the Big Boys, but that primarily due to a variety of factors which include the fact that PB is something of a niche product, but also because there are Standards universally accepted in industry, an education system that produces programmers for a limited number of languages, and little interest in industry to take a risk/invest time/$$ in a product that doesn't have some sort of industry track record and Support!
I was wrong however in that PB is surviving in its niche, and while perhaps not raking in the meg-$$ like VB, would easily be considered a success by most people.
2. Being somewhat more seasoned than some here, I find it rather belly-achingly funny that someone who seems not to be a professional developer feels compelled to warn us of the dangers of PB not having OOP. And the reason I may have to visit a Gastro-Enterologist in the ER shortly is that this same person is evangelizing what is basically an attempt to retread C++, ie. "It originated as a re-engineering of C++, but even though it is mainly influenced by that language, it is not a variant of C++. D has redesigned some C++ features and has been influenced by concepts used in other programming languages, such as Java, Python, Ruby, C#, and Eiffel.
So since 1999 D has been re-engineering C++, and adding bits and pieces from every language under the sun.
And in the past 13 years, its gotten as much traction as CoffeeeScript, Racket and ADA.
http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2011/09/06/d ... -rankings/
I think the question could easily be asked of these doom-seers, where PB to add OOP, just exactly would that accomplish. Would business (Large) suddenly find it more attractive? Would it suddenly get its own tag on slashdot?
Would college girls start lusting after PB Nerds?
No, No, and No.
Really, if you find the need for OOP to be so compelling, consider moving to D or some other language full-time.
Further complaining and whining here is not going to yield anything, and doing so comes across as simply having a tantrum.
We actually had 6 quotes in the last year, with people wondering if PureBasic was dying. Hope they can rest easy now.