Before imortis locks this thread,
, I must disagree with his earlier analysis.
On Jan 06 operator+ wrote this: "fbc is very portable. I could put both the compiler and the IDE on an USB stick and use it from there. The compiled binary is just run and doesn't need any extra DLLs. Thank you coderJeff very much."
I reckon that operator+ had great expectations of FreeBASIC and was very disappointed to realize that those expectations were not going to be realized. I doubt that he had any intentions to use FreeBASIC as I do – writing “Windows GUI/Console applications” and nothing else.
imortis wrote:In fact, this whole thread was an effort to "frighten" us into giving them what they want by threatening to leave.
That is not a tack to employ by someone who has only been here for a few weeks and not contributed enough for anyone to regard their departure as a loss.
imortis wrote:Otherwise, what would be the point of making a big post about leaving then hanging around after the fact to argue with people?
If operator+ had notifications fully engaged, he would have been notified of responses to which he responded. Nothing unusual about that.
To my mind then, imortis' remarks are miles off course.
I reckon that operstor+ was more than disappointed - gutted more like. A bit like considering buying something, and we eventually say: “I really like this, but ...” and that 'but' halts the purchase.
After reading some of his other posts, his first two paragraphs of the opening post here don't add up. If I was trying to 'sell him' FreeBASIC I would probably say: “Yeah, OK. Now, what is the real reason?”. We got that in the third paragraph.