A while ago, I have upgraded to PowerBASIC 3.5. It is nice, but
there are still several things missing that I would like to see
in PowerBASIC; I hope that they will eventually make it into
v4.0.
In particular, among the things I would wish for are:
- 32-bit DPMI support for both the compiler and the generated
code. DPMI has been invented almost 15 years ago, so I think
it is long overdue.
- better code optimizations for modern CPUs. Some of the
programs run way to slow on my new Pentium4.
- support for DOSes other than MS-DOS, e.g. DR-DOS, and the
advanced features that they offer
- support for new graphics and sound drivers
- and perhaps a better IDE
Okay, that would be asking for quite some advancement, but it
is the standard now. And I am sure that most of these features
could be added rather easily by back-porting PowerBASIC/CC or
PowerBASIC/Win.
Regards,
Udo
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-- The DR-DOS/OpenDOS Enhancement Project - http://www.drdosprojects.de
there are still several things missing that I would like to see
in PowerBASIC; I hope that they will eventually make it into
v4.0.
In particular, among the things I would wish for are:
- 32-bit DPMI support for both the compiler and the generated
code. DPMI has been invented almost 15 years ago, so I think
it is long overdue.
- better code optimizations for modern CPUs. Some of the
programs run way to slow on my new Pentium4.
- support for DOSes other than MS-DOS, e.g. DR-DOS, and the
advanced features that they offer
- support for new graphics and sound drivers
- and perhaps a better IDE
Okay, that would be asking for quite some advancement, but it
is the standard now. And I am sure that most of these features
could be added rather easily by back-porting PowerBASIC/CC or
PowerBASIC/Win.
Regards,
Udo
------------------
-- The DR-DOS/OpenDOS Enhancement Project - http://www.drdosprojects.de
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