Pushing 3000 views in 11 days is not a typical thread and, obviously, indicates a high level of interest.
Regarding the difference between the PowerBASIC forum and the FreeBASIC forum, it may well simply be that the PowerBASIC forum has a high percentage of commercial programmers. Now, although I am a hobbyist, being an active member of the PowerBASIC forum for 14 years may have seen some of their attitude rub off onto me. This may lead to some frustration when on the FreeBASIC forum, where the vast majority of members are hobbyists.
If the above is true, then any frustration is down to me and not the FreeBASIC forum. I may have upset some members here by my remarks in the past, and for that, I apologize.
There is no perhaps about it – there is more than an element of truth in that.This is lazy and selfish, perhaps.
Members who could participate and did not are missing out on having a conversation with one of the very best FreeBASIC coders that we have. fxm and I have collaborated a few times, and each time I have regarded myself as fxm's junior assistant; a bit like a PhD student and their doctoral advisor. Having said that, a fair amount of my ideas are to be found in the final code. I struggled to get some included and had to find the right words to persuade fxm to include them. fxm listens and will accept suggestions if they have merit, and that is why he is one of the very best FreeBASIC coders that we have.
You mentioned hhr. Now there is somebody who is smarter than he makes out. He has a well-developed level of competence; unlike some people who fly past their competence level with the utmost disregard. Those people are, of course, incompetent. I look forward to collaborating with hhr one of these days.
@adeyblue
Windows NT 3.1 from 1993
Wow, that was thirty years ago.