My programming language of choice is FreeBASIC. It isn't very big right now but it is growing(there are several sites dedicated to it). In basis, FreeBASIC is sort of an open source successor to QuickBASIC - it's nearly 100% compatible(they scrapped some commands because they aren't practical on modern computers). The difference is it can run on 32-bit hardware, it's much faster, and it's not limited into the confines of the DOSes. It's also compatible with most popular C++ libraries like OpenGL, YaGL(okay, it isn't very popular but it's good), and SDL. Another thing is it runs on Linux, and not just Windows. It's only real weakness I see is that it doesn't do OOP.

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I love FreeBASIC. I have been using it for some time. I also have FBEdit and VISG that I use to enhance my Free BASIC experience. Do you use either of these?

I gree up loving QBASIC, so I guess that is what attracted me to FreeBASIC, once I discovered it.



Not yet it doesn't, but that is one of its main goals. The project is actually a balancing act. Trying to create a modern BASIC language with all the features of a modern language (including OOP), while not loosing the compatiblity with other BASIC languages. I really think, in my very humble opinion, that they are doing a good job!!!

Peace to All!!!

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Purebasic is another good one - but it's not free. It's community is pretty active from what I hear and the program is in active development, though I don't know what the difference is between Freebasic and Purebasic.

Just my 2c.

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