Hi All
Normally don't get involved in these questions, as they usually end up with lots of opinions, and then he who shouts loudest gets heard.
Imortis asked these questions.
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My questions are as follows:
How do we move forward?
Has the design philosophy of freeBASIC changed?
Are we willing/able to put in the effort to learn the current code so we can change it and if so, how do we even get started?
It is to do what any company looking for direction would do, and that is to do the research.
That research for the FB community would be a survey form where we simply tick our answers:
Start a thread where those interested can suggest questions to be part of this survey.
1.How many active users there are will be answered by the response.(no guesswork here)
2.Tabulate the users by their area of application. (Hobby , Games, Scientific, Robotics, Machine control etc, etc)
3.Poll those users with a well thought out questionnaire as to their usage of current features.
4. Ditto for their wish list.
5.How to attract newcomers, and what is required to interest them.
6.On what platforms are they using FB.
7.What platforms is FB lacking in and is there interest to move there.
8.Do they use FB in their line of work.
Questions that will require a lot of thought as to how to phrase, so as to solicit meaningful statistics.
This will result in a broad picture of the existing user base and their opinions. (without having to read through hundreds of posts)
It is only then you can decide which direction to go in, or even if the number interested in moving forward warrants the efforts of people like dkl.
The design philosophy is really only dictated by "those who shout loudest" and not by a clear picture of the needs of users or potential users.
A lot of us simply don't feel confident enough to participate in these heady discussions, but will tick a survey to make their feelings known.
Then if there is shown to be a significant push for certain features , only then will you have to worry about participants.
Personally I am a simple user of the language, but create complex machine control with it, and thus am happy with the status quo .
Regards