Any Good news regarding PB 64bit compiler?

[Johan Klassen]

Look at Freebasic,  which is already dead and so is QuickBasic64  and those other old basic languages are either dead or dying.

please don't state your opinion as a matter of fact, FreeBasic is actively being developed

[Christian Damhus]

C / C++ is the way to go... The Drakes are a big disappointment imo. I wonder wether they put any effort in a new pb compiler. But even if, too many years have passed since the last version and I wonder the PB will be able to attrack new customers.

And for hobbyist: Delphi, CBuilder and Visual C, C# are free. There are enough options.

The enterprise I am working switched to Delphi. We never regretted it.

Lets face it: BASIC is dead.

[Chris Chancellor]

Hello there 2020  and nothing from PB on 64bit

The Drakes are a big disappointment imo.

    this is an absolute truth  and that O2 is our only light at the tunnel end

[Brian Alvarez]

 After watching this thread, i thought i should try something. Please see this:

https://forum.powerbasic.com/forum/user-to-user-discussions/third-party-addons/pluribasic/788817-pluribasic-64bit-compilations

 If you want to be able to compile PowerBASIC code and even mix it with some of the C++ code... please support.

[Brian Alvarez]

 Hello Patrice, The most advanced implementation is for OxygenBASIC, but it also supports C++.

It is not easy to work on both implementations though.

[Brian Alvarez]

 I would not get too excited about the c++ implementation. I only tested with MINGW and im
not sure if i will continue with it's implementation. It is very time consuming working in two
implementations.

 I'd rather be exited because the Oxygen implementation supports some c++ directly. Almost nothing
stops you from using the statements that oxygen supports already. Im not ture but i think Oxygen
also supports c++ dlls. Thats why i might drop directly c++ implementation, because it is already
present in Oxygen.

 Yes, i contacted Adam Drake, he's a good guy but he is very busy. He kindly granted permission to
promote and sell PluriBASIC in the PowerBASIC forums.

[Anthon Com]

Hi Brian
This is truly a good news, very glad that we have a replacement of old PB in 64bit . The question is how much do we have
to pay for this Beta product of yours , what's the asking minimum pricing per year  etc?

[José Roca]

> Yes, i contacted Adam Drake, he's a good guy but he is very busy. He kindly granted permission to
promote and sell PluriBASIC in the PowerBASIC forums.

This seems to confirm that he has given up.

[Brian Alvarez]

I would avoid to make twice the same error, using a compiler that is based on the work of a single man (Zale's syndrom).

 Patrice, PluriBASIC is made in a way that it allows anybody to work on it. For example, I seem to recall there is a bug in one of the DDT statements for DIALOG END hWnd&, but in PluriBASIC, even if i died, you could just open up the library DIALOG_END.bin and edit the statement yourself. It is pretty straightforward and it even allows to enter code for 32bit or 64 bits in the same library.

 I plan to open it a bit more, for the moment all the "official" libraries would need to go trough me, but in the future i may implement a way to share libraries. Of course nothing would stop anobody from sharing libraries via email or something at the moment.

 Besides, DDT is a secondary priority ATM. I would like to make it for SDK mostly.

[Brian Alvarez]

 I understand.

 However, i havent even hit my 40's so, i doubt you have to worry about me dying before you. 

 Nah, seriously, I work closely with a friend who also works on PluriBASIC with me, and old PB'er
that acts as a back up for me as i do for him.

Brian.

[José Roca]

> As we say here: "Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide"

It is almost identical to the Spanish saying: "Gato escaldado, del agua fría huye".