01-22-2025, 05:50 AM
this would just create an impressive mess that many people really wouldn't want to deal with. it would not attract more people to qb64 phoenix more than actually. oop is advocated a lot but outside c++ and python, the response becomes more feeble every year. hype about haskell and rust and others makes it more so.
i wanted to like julia. but almost everything i could imagine doing in that language, i could do in lua easily. if not i don't mind using qb64 but having to recompile into binary sucks with each minor adjustment.
one thing that i like about oop. is the ability to overload subprograms and functions. freebasic could do that if i'm not mistaken without even using the extended type... end type syntax. a long time ago they promised a proper "class" keyword. they would have to keep up with developments in c++.
if you don't like executable files much larger than the typical 1-1/2 mib that qb64 phoenix could create today for a "hello, world" program. then it becomes repulsive to have inheritance, methods and overloading. a great many programs have been written already, not just with c, which never needed oop. simply because it has to be as small and efficient as possible. it could be murder to a hobbyist. take it from me. i consider learning many things, either from julia or from python. between that and certain disappointments with linux "pro audio," it's increasingly taking me away from desktop computing altogether.
i wanted to like julia. but almost everything i could imagine doing in that language, i could do in lua easily. if not i don't mind using qb64 but having to recompile into binary sucks with each minor adjustment.
one thing that i like about oop. is the ability to overload subprograms and functions. freebasic could do that if i'm not mistaken without even using the extended type... end type syntax. a long time ago they promised a proper "class" keyword. they would have to keep up with developments in c++.
if you don't like executable files much larger than the typical 1-1/2 mib that qb64 phoenix could create today for a "hello, world" program. then it becomes repulsive to have inheritance, methods and overloading. a great many programs have been written already, not just with c, which never needed oop. simply because it has to be as small and efficient as possible. it could be murder to a hobbyist. take it from me. i consider learning many things, either from julia or from python. between that and certain disappointments with linux "pro audio," it's increasingly taking me away from desktop computing altogether.