I just downloaded PB to try it out, and it looks very professional. However, several of the examples I tried crashed while compiling. My machine is a PC with the latest update of Windows 10.
I also notice that the only book I could find on the program was published in 2006. Many of the tutorials on the web aren't in English, with the downloadable examples all commented in German etc.
I don't want to tread on any toes or to offend the real whizz kids who wrote this software, but I have to ask - is it still supported?
Pure Basic Support
Re: Pure Basic Support
It is alive and kicking for some decades, has a very active community and several web resources. Discord channel and currently the next major release in beta 3. Just watch this forum for postings, for example for postings of the PureBasic creator. Check this thread and use the Quick links menu to the upper left of the forum to search for active topics.
Re: Pure Basic Support
How do you define "supported?"
If you are expecting The Big Team of PB Devs to jump on every question you may have, then no. There are a couple devs, and mostly they spend their time...developing PB. That, and at least one of them has a paying job, too.
If you are expecting that you can jump onto the forum with questions, and get answers... then YES, PB is very much supported. Most questions get answered in well under an hour, although rarely, depending on the time of day, it may be over an hour or two.
The "book" you referenced is still mostly accurate. It was written by "one of us" (that is, not a PB dev), and while not perfectly in sync with the current PB version, it is about 98% there. (I'm pretty sure--I haven't looked at it in a couple years.) PB's error text is pretty good, and helps find those differences in very little time. (Especially if you search the forum for the error.)
PB is the most mature, most supported "basic-like" language there is. It will not have the weight of any C compiler, from a support standpoint, but the benefit is you will actually get to know some of the personalities and coding styles of people who help you.
If you are expecting The Big Team of PB Devs to jump on every question you may have, then no. There are a couple devs, and mostly they spend their time...developing PB. That, and at least one of them has a paying job, too.
If you are expecting that you can jump onto the forum with questions, and get answers... then YES, PB is very much supported. Most questions get answered in well under an hour, although rarely, depending on the time of day, it may be over an hour or two.
The "book" you referenced is still mostly accurate. It was written by "one of us" (that is, not a PB dev), and while not perfectly in sync with the current PB version, it is about 98% there. (I'm pretty sure--I haven't looked at it in a couple years.) PB's error text is pretty good, and helps find those differences in very little time. (Especially if you search the forum for the error.)
PB is the most mature, most supported "basic-like" language there is. It will not have the weight of any C compiler, from a support standpoint, but the benefit is you will actually get to know some of the personalities and coding styles of people who help you.
Re: Pure Basic Support
Tenaja and Bitblazer: thanks for the reassuring replies. I'm especially glad that the book is still current, as I like to have a completely separate reference when I'm learning stuff. I'll be using the forum now that I know there' s plenty of support and users there. 
Re: Pure Basic Support
About crashes set option create exe in source folder and disable antivirus in that folder. AV considers creating an exe and debugging it suspicious behavior.
Re: Pure Basic Support
You can download a PureBasic demo version here. It is limited, but enough to evaluate the product and get you started. Download the demo and start with the survival guide or Kale's PureBasic book. Both are free, so you can use one as main source and if things are unclear, use the other one to read about the same topic for clarificationG4AJY wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 11:31 am Tenaja and Bitblazer: thanks for the reassuring replies. I'm especially glad that the book is still current, as I like to have a completely separate reference when I'm learning stuff. I'll be using the forum now that I know there' s plenty of support and users there.