2004 for me, I descovered Blitz late in life - oh the shame!
Actually I tried it back in the Amiga days from a coverdisk, and I didn't really understand it - things just didnt click into my AMOS-esque head.
When I migrated to Blitz in '04 I found the first 2 hours or so where a bit of a head foxtrot, and after that I never looked back.
Commercially I have to use a lot of other tools, but i've used Blitz for 1 industry application you can find on Amazon (i'd rather not say which, I left in a pay dispute [no I wasnt asking for more, they where months behind on salary] with the final version 'not quite' finished, they actually released it using an earlier proof of concept, it works, but i'm not proud!). I also used Blitz for a proof of concept at work recently, and may use it for some mini projects next year.
I still think it's a great language.
Actually I tried it back in the Amiga days from a coverdisk, and I didn't really understand it - things just didnt click into my AMOS-esque head.
When I migrated to Blitz in '04 I found the first 2 hours or so where a bit of a head foxtrot, and after that I never looked back.
Commercially I have to use a lot of other tools, but i've used Blitz for 1 industry application you can find on Amazon (i'd rather not say which, I left in a pay dispute [no I wasnt asking for more, they where months behind on salary] with the final version 'not quite' finished, they actually released it using an earlier proof of concept, it works, but i'm not proud!). I also used Blitz for a proof of concept at work recently, and may use it for some mini projects next year.
I still think it's a great language.