@nov79 You might try executing your Windows Designer/IDE on Linux by using Wine. Here's how I do it with the PowerBASIC IDE. Set up a desktop shortcut with a command line similar to: wine H:\\PBWin10\\bin\\PBEDIT.EXE Linux passes the double backslash to Wine as a single backslash. I have successfull...

In the interests of clarity, and bug proofing, I've always preferred using separate statements for attributes. A missing comma can easily be overlooked, and someone not familiar with the language would have great difficulty figuring out exactly what the statement does. I prefer the following approac...

I was just mentioning that I now use only FreeBASIC, in conjunction with the FLTK GUI library, for all our in-house development. Over the years we've built up an extensive library of active business applications, some of them still written in DOS-COBOL and DOS-MASM, but most in PowerBASIC. So over t...

@dodicat Sorry to disappoint you, but the code fragments are 100% pure FreeBASIC, as are all my applications. The only external library I use is FLTK. As for FB's Fixed Strings, they contain an ending null character, which makes it useless for mapping to external data records, etc. Also, if a null i...

@oyster Missing features are no big deal - a programmer's job is to work with the tool's you're given. And if the language can't be made to work the way you want, then use another language that's more suitable. If a hammer won't work - try using a screwdriver. I've been programming for almost 60 yea...

D.J.Peters wrote:~300 robots per day not bad !
Looks like FreeBASIC is more popular for machines as for humans ;-)
Joshy

The internet has finally become sentient and is looking around for something to play with.

Rod

@Joshy It's been a few months since I was on the forums, and just wanted to let you know that FLTK is working out well in converting our business applications from PowerBasic to FB. What's my personal motivation to work on Fltk? I am programmer for fun, like we all here. Some of us are here to find ...

Joshy In the late 1970's, when I started my own software business, I was writing multi-user business applications for Data General mini-computers using Business Basic. Far more advanced than the Basic used on micro-computers in the 1980's. And although I've programmed in many languages over the year...

Joshy

I've been using your FLTK wrapper for the past four years, and I'm looking forward to your new FLTK classes.

Many thanks.

Rod

fxm wrote:You have just to declare the library procedure names themselves.

As you say, it's a lot more simple. Thanks.

Rod

fxm wrote:If you load it at program startup and unload it at the end of the program, use the same shared library (DLL) but statically (with '#inclib'), that is simpler for calling its procedures.

In what way is it simpler? Surely the DLL procedures still need to be declared?

Thanks
Rod

@lizard There are no best or worst programming languages, just programming languages - each with its strengths and weaknesses. The trick to being a good programmer is using the correct language for the job. A "one language fits all" approach is not a good strategy. I use many languages in ...

@jj2007

These sort of "controversial" comments have been going around for the past 60 years, but it never did dissuade businesses from using the language.

We COBOL programmers, happy in our work, just smile politely. ;-)

Rod

@jj2007 Actually, it's very plausible. Just search the net and you'll find all kinds of references to the dominance of COBOL. https://blog.hackerrank.com/the-inevitable-return-of-cobol/ COBOL is a very powerful language that has all the modern stuff, such as OOP, and features that don't even exist i...

I think this discussion is pointless, since the TIOBE ratings are meaningless. About 80% of the world's code is written in COBOL, yet it is low on the TIOBE scale. It is a highly structured language that conforms to strict standards. It is also easy to use, so why would COBOL programmers need to sea...