Hi Folks!
I'm standing on the edge of the frying pan here, so please, nobody push me in.
You know I have always held the greatest respect for this forum and its users. This thread has nothing to do with freedom of speech, so let's not change its topic with messages referring to such things, OK? From reading the past several messages on this forum, it is plan to see by anyone that PureBasic spawns passionate emotions in those programmers lucky enough to have discovered it. The reason for this is that this programming language is just so damn awesome! If it sucked, no one would even care to discuss it. And there is definitely NOT a lack of discussion on this great forum.
So, in a friendly attempt to balance out the complaints with the praises (after all, complaints are only good to the extent that they do not start hurting the very product and developer we like so much--Fred), let's show our sincere appreciation and fill this thread with the many 'Things PureBasic Can Do'.
I know you folks have a Santa's list of reason why PB is better, more powerful, more FUN, faster, easier, and more profitable. So let's share!
I will start:
1. PureBasic produces amazingly optimized (SMALL) executables and DLLs. File size is one of chief things that sets apart amateur code from professional code. With no annoying runtimes, no aggravating interpreted scripts and slow players, PB excels when it comes to popping out useful and powerful applications that can easily fit on a standard 1.44 floppy! I have given many clients their final product, and more times than not they ask me the exact same question: "Wow! How did you ever get it to do so much in such a small of a file?" My answer is always, "Ancient Chinese secret..."
2. And of course, you know I would have to mention this one: The close WinAPI integration in PureBasic is nearly unbelievable to a programmer coming from many other more difficult coding languages! Not only are the WinAPI constants treated as built in constants, almost all of the functions and structures are treated this way too. Compare to using Visual Basic, accessing and controlling the WinAPI with PB is akin to the difference of eating small pebbles or eating ice cream.
PureBasic really does make using the WinAPI in very advanced ways much more easy and fun. If anyone ever tells you that they have any doubt to this, just have them visit the PB Resource site and read some of the tutorials I wrote. They are only beginner-level tutorials, and already it is very apparent in them that almost anything can be achieved using similar WinAPI code. I have never met a programmer in my entire life who used every function of the massive WinAPI and then ran out of exciting things to do with it. PB integrating the WinAPI so closely gives developers a huge bazooka to carry under his/her arm when entering the 'coding battlefield'. And a programmer carrying a loaded bazooka is definitely someone you don’t want to mess with! Hahaha...
OK, that is my contribution. PureBasic rocks! Share yours too... Why PureBasic is so awesomely powerful to you:
Take care.
- Art Sentinel
http://www.artsentinel.net
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