How much time do you allocate to PB?

Inf0Byt3 · Post by **Inf0Byt3** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:51 pm

How much time do you ppl allocate to PB? Since I discovered it, 6 month ago, I quit many things that i used to do and now i am dependent of coding in PB and visiting this forum

. I think something's wrong with me, 99% of my spare time goes in front of my computer...

srod · Post by **srod** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:13 pm

No where near as much as I'd like as it is sooooooooo addictive!

However, having given notice (4 months left) of my resignation from my job, I soon anticipate something approaching 100% or more!

Inf0Byt3 · Post by **Inf0Byt3** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:15 pm

This is like a drug or something

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GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:32 pm

It used to be 100%, but now I have a full time job, I now work 12 hours a day, or between 60 and 84 hours a week, so I only have around 10% for PB

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:40 pm

As much as posible.
All my software projects are done in PB, only in PB (with some asm).

Inf0Byt3 · Post by **Inf0Byt3** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:56 pm

Mine too. I really don't know how to tell this, it was said before, but PB is the ONLY programming language. The others are just... toys. (With a few exceptions, of course).

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:05 pm

Inf0Byt3 wrote:Mine too. I really don't know how to tell this, it was said before, but PB is the ONLY programming language. The others are just... toys. (With a few exceptions, of course).

Hmmmm... depends on what you do. If you are going to change 5000 accounts in an AD I wouldn't use PB, but VBScript. If you are involved in another project with 50 programmers that allready use Visual Studio and C++, you would probably have a hard time to convince them to use PB instead. If you are doing a real time system for an Aircraft, you probably use ADA, assembler or a special compiler for a special CPU.

Inf0Byt3 · Post by **Inf0Byt3** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:10 pm

I totally agree,
Still PB is different because it has a little of all the features, it's complete, not like others good just for games or something else.
I can't imagine myself on how will PB look in 10 years

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Num3 · Post by **Num3** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:21 pm

Inf0Byt3 wrote:I can't imagine myself on how will PB look in 10 years .

Just imagine Berikco today

Inf0Byt3 · Post by **Inf0Byt3** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:23 pm

I was talking about PureBasic, not PB literally...

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:24 pm

I use PB for almost all tools at work. Special Citrix tools, tools for printer handling and lot of other tools.

Before I used C or C++, but it's so much quicker to write the same tool in PB. In a few cases I have been forced to swith to C or C++ again, but that don't happens very often nowdays.

Inf0Byt3 · Post by **Inf0Byt3** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:27 pm

Yes, that's what I'm talking about, it's too simple and powerfull. I tried many languages before but this one is all I ever wanted. I'll never quit programming in it.

USCode · Post by **USCode** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:05 pm

Not to throw water on all this, and I agree with much of what has been said, but we're talking primarily about ONE guy ... Fred ... and you never know what the future will hold for 1 person. He might continue developing PB for years to come, he might get the job offer (or buyout offer) of a lifetime and not have time for PB, he might just get tired of it or it might not be financially adequate for him to continue, etc.

But I agree with everyone, for now PB is powerful, productive, cross-platform and FUN!

Inf0Byt3 · Post by **Inf0Byt3** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:07 pm

Amen mate!

techjunkie · Post by **techjunkie** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:09 pm

USCode wrote:Not to throw water on all this, and I agree with much of what has been said, but we're talking primarily about ONE guy ... Fred ...

I agree, the first person in this world that should been cloned - it's Fred!
(Hmmm - sounds like a movie title...

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[EDIT]

"My cloned mate Fred 2"
"Fred the clone"
"Fred's return!"
"Alien 19 - return of Fred"

[EDIT 2]

"Darth Fred - the PB Empires fall"
"Fred Again"