11-05-2023, 03:42 PM
LitDev,
I agree with you in that you want to maintain compatibility, but let's say that you have a Flickr program. In 1.2 level it will not work, but with the Small Basic Only extension which fixes Flickr the program now works. Is that maintaining compatibility? I would say yes. The same with the Network object which doesn't work, but it could work with the Small Basic Only extension I think. Even if the extension only fixed these 2 things in regular Small Basic it would be a big step.
My thinking is Microsoft quit maintaining Small Basic because they weren't making any money off of it. It's a shame because I thought it was a great stepping stone to other languages.
JR
I agree with you in that you want to maintain compatibility, but let's say that you have a Flickr program. In 1.2 level it will not work, but with the Small Basic Only extension which fixes Flickr the program now works. Is that maintaining compatibility? I would say yes. The same with the Network object which doesn't work, but it could work with the Small Basic Only extension I think. Even if the extension only fixed these 2 things in regular Small Basic it would be a big step.
My thinking is Microsoft quit maintaining Small Basic because they weren't making any money off of it. It's a shame because I thought it was a great stepping stone to other languages.
JR