I recently read the article "Object Oriented Basic"
( http://www.powerbasic.com/files/pub/docs/OOBTXT.ZIP )
which essentially describes creating a frontend to
the PB compiler. This would translate the object oriented
basic code into error free PB code to be compiled by PB.
The article also does an excellent job at explaining oop,
and outlines an oo basic syntax.
I have recently been working on a project, which I
am calling the Basic Development Kit (bdk), which will
include a basic preprocessor, some useful functions, and
hopefully a project manager. BDK will be public domain in
its entirity and open source as well. I am about 90% done
with the preprocessor and a few other utilities, but I
haven't even begun on the project manager. After reading
the article, I figured why not implement an oo basic and
include it as well.
Obviously, this would be a huge task for one person
alone. Given how well the open source community has fared,
and how loyal PB programmers are to PB, I figured that it's
pretty likely that alot of people will want to help out.
Especially since this will be an improvement to both the
basic language and PB (and the fact that it'll be free).
As I said, I still have a little bit left on the
preprocessor so I plan to finish it up, release the
beta, and then dive into the object oriented basic.
Anyone who is willing to help out is welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Dave
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( http://www.powerbasic.com/files/pub/docs/OOBTXT.ZIP )
which essentially describes creating a frontend to
the PB compiler. This would translate the object oriented
basic code into error free PB code to be compiled by PB.
The article also does an excellent job at explaining oop,
and outlines an oo basic syntax.
I have recently been working on a project, which I
am calling the Basic Development Kit (bdk), which will
include a basic preprocessor, some useful functions, and
hopefully a project manager. BDK will be public domain in
its entirity and open source as well. I am about 90% done
with the preprocessor and a few other utilities, but I
haven't even begun on the project manager. After reading
the article, I figured why not implement an oo basic and
include it as well.
Obviously, this would be a huge task for one person
alone. Given how well the open source community has fared,
and how loyal PB programmers are to PB, I figured that it's
pretty likely that alot of people will want to help out.
Especially since this will be an improvement to both the
basic language and PB (and the fact that it'll be free).
As I said, I still have a little bit left on the
preprocessor so I plan to finish it up, release the
beta, and then dive into the object oriented basic.
Anyone who is willing to help out is welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Dave
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As with many people, I'd like to contribute to such a project, but I don't have time to do this between work and school. In the coming months, perhaps.
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