(04-29-2022, 11:03 AM)SMcNeill Wrote: Why didn't Fell consider Luke to be the heir? Or StxATxIC? Or you? I dunno. You'd have to ask him about why he chose to do what he did. From the outcome of things, I think he couldn't have chosen any worse.
...
This tends to happen as any language continues to grow and adjust. The only languages which don't have new keywords, or new methods, are dead languages. A lot of the things you call "junk", is what most people would call "progress".
A few versions ago, you had to declare every variable separately. Now you can do something as simple as: DIM AS INTEGER x, y, z, a, b, c
You used to have to try and remember all the rgb values for the colors you wanted, or have a handy reference nearby for them. Now you just set $COLOR:32 and you can code with color names. COLOR Silver, RoyalBlue, for example.
The language isn't dead yet, and things will continue to evolve even more over time. We're still moving on, doing our own thing, slowly and surely. We're not dead yet -- not matter what it seems some people would prefer.
None of the above showed any desire or exuberance over such a position. You, on the other had, were very active and helpful on the forums, involved with the project since forever, and even writing a QB64 book! You'd have been my #1 pick, I guess Fell didn't think you were serious enough for the brand, but he lost his mind anyway so who cares.
As for the language thing, not lightly! Strict standard adherence and backwards compatibility are not to be taken lightly. More importantly, there has to be some kind of overarching vision or philosophy to guide further development. Strict QB45 compatibility was Galleon's, but what's next? There are now people that haven't even touched QB45 and live on "option explicit" and "no prefix" -- does that remind anyone of FreeBASIC's "dialect" rift? For example, the variable declaration thing -- FreeBASIC had it since day one and it has been recommended countless of times, why wasn't implemented until Fellippe just decided "fuck it, i don't feel like typing today."