I must agree that everyone has his own writing style to do the same thing.
The best option would be that if the creators of BlitzMax created some kind of tutorial with examples with at least using strict mode so that we would know what the intended writing style should be so everyone could use that as a good base.
It's better that everyone learns the code the same way.
Reminds me also of coding PHP where there is no solid documentation on how to write it.
At least on the Amiga with Blitz Basic 2 I only had 1 book, no internet at all and I learned Blitz Basic 2 faster than BlitzMax with too many not strict written examples.
I remember putting strict on top at start all the time and most examples didn't work anymore, it was really anoying and wasted lot's of hours because of that.
The best option would be that if the creators of BlitzMax created some kind of tutorial with examples with at least using strict mode so that we would know what the intended writing style should be so everyone could use that as a good base.
It's better that everyone learns the code the same way.
Reminds me also of coding PHP where there is no solid documentation on how to write it.
At least on the Amiga with Blitz Basic 2 I only had 1 book, no internet at all and I learned Blitz Basic 2 faster than BlitzMax with too many not strict written examples.
I remember putting strict on top at start all the time and most examples didn't work anymore, it was really anoying and wasted lot's of hours because of that.