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Hello everyone. I am new here.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 11:55 pm
by Prof
Hello Folks.
Well I have finally defected from Blitz Basic to Pure Basic at last! It has been a while coming but I was just fed up with the lack of development that was being put into the Blitz products. Also, Mr Sibley seems to be turning his attentions to some sort of 'Shoot Em Up Contruction Kit' and moving away from the traditional way of developing software.
I have now turned to PureBASIC as I was simply blown away with its capablilities compared to Blitz Plus & Blitz Max. I downloaded the PureBASIC demo a few weeks ago and I am very impressed with what it can do. My particular area of interest is application development rather than games and I have been mucking around with the immense level of gadget support that PureBASIC offers.
I have noticed some familiar names on these forums from the blitz forums so hello again to you. To everyone else, I will contribute when I can and where I can and I am sure that you will make me feel very welcome.
Prof.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 12:06 am
by srod
I am sure that you will make me feel very welcome.
Don't count on it, now sod off! Pah, humbug!
hehe. Sorry, I couldn't resist!
Welcome prof!
Purebasic, as you'll discover and have already hinted at, is great for application development (amongst other things) with immense support and help from these forums and the guys behind the language.
You'll enjoy coding with Purebasic.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 12:12 am
by Prof
Hi there srod.
You are only about 50 miles away from me. I am in Grimsby !
Prof.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 12:17 am
by srod
Hi,
In two weeks I'll be about 150 miles away as I'm moving to Cambridge!
But yes, a small world sometimes. I've only ever been to Grimsby once, to watch the football. I just remember that it rained all the time!
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 12:37 am
by Brice Manuel
Well I have finally defected from Blitz Basic to Pure Basic at last!
Welcome! You will not regret your decision.
I have been a PB owner for several years. In my experience, Fred is the ONLY developer of an indie language (I have bought them all) who keeps his promises to his users.
We also have the most helpful and knowledgeable community around. And unlike the Blitz community nobody here will put down your work or make fun of your programs or code when you post it.
Seriously, Welcome to the community
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 12:56 am
by Derek
Brice Manuel wrote:...nobody here will put down your work or make fun of your programs or code when you post it.
Well they will but most of them don't mean it
and as has been said, they are very helpful.
I also used to use Blitz but haven't done so now for a couple of years, PB is far better.
And finally, welcome to the forums.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 1:19 am
by Dare
Welcome aboard.
You get the odd mongrel ..
.. like srod ..
.. fortunately.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 1:20 am
by GeoTrail
Welcome
I purchased PureBasic one day after I purchased iBasic, never regretted it, only thing I regretted was buying iBasic in the first place
But let me warn you, once you're here, they won't let you leave
Re: Hello everyone. I am new here.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 2:54 am
by Tipperton
Welcome to PureBasic!
Sounds like you've already discovered how great a language it is.
Prof wrote:Also, Mr Sibley seems to be turning his attentions to some sort of 'Shoot Em Up Contruction Kit' and moving away from the traditional way of developing software.
Sounds like he wants to create something like The Game Creator's FPS Creator...
http://www.fpscreator.com
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 7:53 am
by MrMat
Welcome Prof
I'm sure you'll love it here!
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:06 am
by Kale
Prof wrote:Hi there srod.
You are only about 50 miles away from me. I am in Grimsby !
Prof.
Lol, i'm in Louth which is 15 miles away from you!!!
Anyway welcome to PB and if you need a good book to get you started, click my sig banner.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:30 am
by pdwyer
Cool,
Any more info about this book? What's the back cover and contents list? Does it cover v4? (Is there much difference between v3 and v4? I didn't use v3 much)
I saw it in amazon.com and theres no stock or pic or anything and I thought it was gone (is it the same book?)
I am interested in it
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 9:11 am
by Fred
Welcome !
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:41 am
by Brice Manuel
pdwyer wrote:Cool,
Any more info about this book? What's the back cover and contents list? Does it cover v4? (Is there much difference between v3 and v4? I didn't use v3 much)
I saw it in amazon.com and theres no stock or pic or anything and I thought it was gone (is it the same book?)
I am interested in it
Click on the sig banner, it will answer all your questions. I have nothing but praise for the book.
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 10:43 am
by Brice Manuel
Prof: Are you the guy I was hyping PureBasic to on SyntaxBomb several months ago?