Am I the only one objecting to any such draconian name change?
QB64 is a great name. First, it makes it obvious that this is indeed QuickBasic, but modernized to work with 64-bit processors. Secondly, it has gained a certain amount of recognition, globally. I even had a software colleague and C programmer ask me if I had ever heard of it, knowing that I use QuickBasic. And it's even mentioned in some school textbooks, we've been told here.
A name change to QBPE confuses everything. All the legacy is lost, and people may be wanting QB64 instead, given what they've been reading or hearing about it. Such as, almost total compatibility with the original MS QB. And never mind, QB64 is easily found in search engines, and has been for years.
Adding PE at the end, as in QB64PE, or a more cumbersome QB64_PE, that might be okay. I say, stick with QB64PE. No confusion, no ambiguity, no loss of identity. If other QB64 development offshoots don't really exist, then the stable versions of QB64PE could begin with version 3.0, for example. That will differentiate from the versions of Fellippe and Luke.
QB64 is a great name. First, it makes it obvious that this is indeed QuickBasic, but modernized to work with 64-bit processors. Secondly, it has gained a certain amount of recognition, globally. I even had a software colleague and C programmer ask me if I had ever heard of it, knowing that I use QuickBasic. And it's even mentioned in some school textbooks, we've been told here.
A name change to QBPE confuses everything. All the legacy is lost, and people may be wanting QB64 instead, given what they've been reading or hearing about it. Such as, almost total compatibility with the original MS QB. And never mind, QB64 is easily found in search engines, and has been for years.
Adding PE at the end, as in QB64PE, or a more cumbersome QB64_PE, that might be okay. I say, stick with QB64PE. No confusion, no ambiguity, no loss of identity. If other QB64 development offshoots don't really exist, then the stable versions of QB64PE could begin with version 3.0, for example. That will differentiate from the versions of Fellippe and Luke.