I don't think its about retro, rather about standards everyone knows. Those commands are known by more than one Basic compiler. And if it makes it easier for someone to not only understand them but be able to grab the code and move it to another compiler and have it work than I think its worth the effort.
I feel I am a better programmers than when we started but when I try to do simething I tend to go back to my roots and compare if there is a similar way of doing it with what I am learning. As we grow in skill we look for shortcuts and better more efficient ways of programming. But for someone who is learning I think the basics standards are as good as any other similar command they can learn.
I don't think anybody is wrong but I feel that for the sake of most BlitzMax "game" programmers, the fastest is the best. For me its not always the case.
cheers :)
I feel I am a better programmers than when we started but when I try to do simething I tend to go back to my roots and compare if there is a similar way of doing it with what I am learning. As we grow in skill we look for shortcuts and better more efficient ways of programming. But for someone who is learning I think the basics standards are as good as any other similar command they can learn.
I don't think anybody is wrong but I feel that for the sake of most BlitzMax "game" programmers, the fastest is the best. For me its not always the case.
cheers :)