It seems the people complaining about BASIC or PBP are the ones with the least know how. Think back, have you ever heard Bruce, Darrel, or Melanie complain about the limitations? Yes, they would add a little ASM here and there, but that is one of the great things about PBP, the ability to be flexible.

If all you want to do is make one or two gadgets then use an Arduino kit, or something similar. However, if you are into this for the long term you will be wanting to learn PIC BASIC, XC8, or ASM.

Like some here I mainly use PBP 2.6. Mostly because I work in so many remote locations. I need to purchase another licence for PBP 3.0 ( I have one so far). And that is the other point, even if you are using PBP 2.6 and you want to see PBP stay around, pay for the upgrade to PBP 3.0 at least.

So it is simple.

Quit complaining, learn how to code, pay for the upgrade so MeLabs will continue to develop PBP, and contribute to the community, either one of the forums.