Yes, Illegal Function Call is the more correct behavior here, IMO. Also, I see you used 0 to ..., maybe you should defer that and make a note in TODO about how we need to convert all those data chunks in the code to use that syntax. (Just for consistency's sake) Thoughts?

If you're a novice with Linux (or just like to think less ;)), then you might try installing the standalone Linux build.

Thanks for the code, Joshy :) That really is being discussed amongst the devs right now :P I am a beginner, not the other guys.... get it right ;) [SPAM deleted by Moderator] I banned linheli, as that was just a copy of my post, with spam at the end. Also, that makes me feel dumb because this topic...

I'm going to move this to 'Tips and Tricks', as I think it fits better there.

Well, the 'right' way is to use something like MinGW/MSYS, like you can read about at http://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php ... NWin32MSYS

I like Winter Solstice much better... all this one means is that the cold, dark, neverending winter is on its way back =p. hehe. But good to see the gears still turning, regardless.

Cheers!

One of the big problems with these things seems to be the balance between fragmentation (X platform has this feature but Y platform doesn't) and Lowest Common Denominator (X and Y only *both* support weak functionality, therefore our solution is weak in this area). It would be cool for someone to po...

This question has been asked many times. So many that we should maybe think about stickying a post about it. (Whatcha guys think?) Basically the big reasons you'll find for it being conspicuously absent are: * It doesn't necessarily belong in the language. It should probably be a support library, in...

This looks awesome! I want to try this out. I'm looking to get back into making music, but I need to get a(nother) MIDI keyboard first!

I've played demo on PC, I've played full version on Xbox 360, and I've completed full version on my PC. THIS GAME SUCKS BADLY IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. Now I'm ashamed of my nickname :'( Dude! After all this time, I *never* realized that's what your name meant! I understand that, but in my country the...

Cool. I love the impressionist art. ^^

@MichaelW: This is the one that makes most sense to me... especially because we do consider legacy. It's safer to do this anyway:



IMO.

Nah... not really... but I just couldn't resist because v1c used to always joke that it was coming out when DNF came out and... that $%#@ finally came out! LOL

Yeah, it's supposed to be v1c riding the FB horse, haha. Old reference from QBN, where his avatar was... well... http://forum.qbasicnews.com/index.php?t ... 0#msg91570

http://therealcha0s.net/tmp/fb-rider.png So, there's a little story behind this image. I was looking through my files after about a million shuffles between different machines and disks, and I came across this image. I made this for a placeholder admin avatar when I was working on building fb.net i...