Hello all,
I was just thinking about PBDLL and what it would be like to have
a version of it that was "pruned back" a bit to make it very simple.
There are a few built in functions that call the Windows API, maybe
these functions should be dropped because they are redundant and seem
to be a point of confusion. Case and point the KILL function, There
has been a post about this just today! The kill function calls a
Windows API function to delete a file but it doesn't do the same
thing on "every" version of windows(9x/2k). If we keep having to
use the Windows API to get around these problems why not just drop
these built in functions all together?
I already know the answer to that last question but honestly maybe
it's time to revamp and forget about staying compatable with older
basic languages? I have seen other basic syntax dropped (field/using$).
I'm not looking to start another wishlist, complaint, or attack on
PowerBasic. This was more or less just to see what other people think
of this idea...
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Cheers
I was just thinking about PBDLL and what it would be like to have
a version of it that was "pruned back" a bit to make it very simple.
There are a few built in functions that call the Windows API, maybe
these functions should be dropped because they are redundant and seem
to be a point of confusion. Case and point the KILL function, There
has been a post about this just today! The kill function calls a
Windows API function to delete a file but it doesn't do the same
thing on "every" version of windows(9x/2k). If we keep having to
use the Windows API to get around these problems why not just drop
these built in functions all together?
I already know the answer to that last question but honestly maybe
it's time to revamp and forget about staying compatable with older
basic languages? I have seen other basic syntax dropped (field/using$).
I'm not looking to start another wishlist, complaint, or attack on
PowerBasic. This was more or less just to see what other people think
of this idea...
------------------
Cheers
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