tedd.
>
>But, FB is more than a philosophy, it's a religion. It's FB-Zen. And we, we
>are just humble followers trying to obtain one-ness with the code. Trying
>to center our event loop; and keep our globals global; and our constants
>constant; and our pointers pointing. And, the day will come, if we are
>faithful, when we will obtain clarity; and will see the full wonder and
>extent of FB; and will fully understand IM.
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Could this be part of the problem?  If FB is regarded as a religion to
whose tenets adherents must subscribe or perish its market may be limited
to true believers.   I recall a previous announcement that said that FB3
would not contain GOSUBs or GOTOs (apologies if my recollection is
incorrect).  I have inherited a lot of old QB code that I have to update.
GOTOs I can do without, but FB3 will be useless to me if doesn't contain
GOSUBs.  If I want to write programs in a politically incorrect way I shall
buy the product that allows me to do so.

Remember the words of Tallyrand, the great survivor of the French ancien
regime, the revolution, the Directorate and Napoleon.  "Above all, no zeal!"

 Incidentally, QuickBASIC had one virtue for which it gets too little
credit, it was quick.

Andrew Stewart