Very cool. Can Wave Function Collapse be used in these cases, though? It seems to work well with grids, but could it work here as well?

My Questions: Compatibility: How similar is FreeBASIC to QBasic? Can I reuse QBasic code/logic directly, or are there major differences? Learning Logic: Will practicing with QBasic help me build foundational skills for FreeBASIC, or am I learning "obsolete habits"? Pitfalls: Are there QBa...

@Roland: mind that timestepping is not so simple as just sleeping in the loop, it requires the simulation to take it into account ie you integrate it based on the timestep.

For example, see:
https://dewitters.com/dewitters-gameloop/

There is absolutely no account for timestepping. Thus, the simulation quickly 'explodes to infinity' if your system is too fast.

Sub SetWindow( WinLeft As Short, WinTop As Short, WinRight As Short, WinBottom As Short ) Dim As HANDLE hOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE) SetConsoleScreenBufferSize(hOut, Type <COORD>(100, 60)) ' Default buffer size SetConsoleWindowInfo(hOut, True, @Type<SMALL_RECT>(WinLeft, WinTop, WinRight, ...

Yeah, I was discussing this with Jeff a while back, but I decided to stop trying to improve anything from the usability perspective. So, best of luck trying to convince the honchos to include precompiled, standalone code, either as linkable libs (ie 'extensions') or bolt it into fbc directly. I hope...

Well, shouldn't be that hard: reimplement Boyer-Moore to accept an array of strings, then as soon as a string is NOT matched, reset Boyer-Moore and just check the next string. Return the first match (or none if there wasn't any). But I'm willing to bet that the speed difference with just iteraring t...

InStr uses a fast algo called 'Boyer-Moore'. What you want (seeing if a given string is part of a set) can be easily solved by using a hash table (or a trie if you need partial results). If what you want is the index, then: Sort the array of strings (lexicographical or whatever other order you choos...

Reference article for this topic:

https://dewitters.com/dewitters-gameloop/

It explains several ways to do what you want (timestepping)

Another article (which is the implementation I prefer):

https://gafferongames.com/post/fix_your_timestep/

That's probably because you're trying to compile 64-bit code with the libraries being 32-bit, or vice-versa. Try compiling both to see which one works.

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Guys help me please! What's the matter? The previous example I posted didn't help you? First of all: don't use #fblite ; it was meant for compatibility ages ago, and to compile old projects. It makes zero sense for new code. Second: a good way to learn from code samples is to try and modify stuff. ...

Hey guys! How to drag'n'drop icon "folder" in Freebasic ide #lang "fblite" please? Such an operation is a combination of several pieces of logic: whether the mouse is inside the icon when you start dragging, and computing the offset coordinates of the drag: #include once "f...

You're welcome.

But I think you're overcomplicating a task that is otherwise very straightforward. Ever heard of the shunting yard algorithm? I think you could find it useful.

Then it has no point. It is returned by value anyway, so you're not really 'protecting' anything. Yes, it does protect against that: *(f.Bar) = -5 or: var p = f.bar *p = -5 I was obviously referring to the pointer itself, not its value. Alas, no read-only pointer there, at least not from an outside...