I wish its true !!

[crematory]

Hello Every Fellow

Some friends told me that guys at melabs are not sleeping !!

They are working on a new compiler, like PICBasic Pro, but extremely much powerful, that when first released will put all other compilers down. It will be truely windows based, bye bye DOS

The new compiler will spport every thing that ever comes to a PIC programmer's mind, and with the cooperation with csmicrosystems, it will be a stand anlone development environment, that contains every thing a programmer needs.

I don't know if this info is true or not, also melabs will consider a new protection and security techniques

If any fellow has any idea of what I am talking about, please, share your NICE comments.

Hope this is true any way

[yettie]

i'm hoping that this version will be released not later than this October. GO melabs team.

[picnaut]

Hi,

Click on this link and check the dates:

http://list.picbasic.com/forum/messages/5820/6811.html?

Not much has changed since then.
A few devices have been added, that's it.

If Melabs actually does have a great new compiler on the verge of release, it must be a true marvel of software engineering for them to take this long.
With so much development time, it's probably like a rock, and virtually bug free and unbreakable. It might even have floating point!!! (I kid, I kid).

Seriously though, for the loyal PBP user's out there, I sincerely hope that this rumour is true. It will be like when the Red Sox won the World Series last year (even if you're not a Boston fan).



Cheers!

[octavio bru]

It will be very nice to have several hundred functions to control even the most extrange device... but only if it is as solid as our current compiler.

I can say that I have tried a few other compilers that promise to give you everykind of functions, floating point, graphic LCD and so on, but have always returned to my old friend.

I have created all the periferals for my home automation system and they perfor like a rock and the only problems I have had have been hardware ones, never a glitch or an unexpected malfunction of the programs created with melabs compiler.

SO to resume, it will be very nice to have something revolutionari if it is rock solid, if it is not i prefer to stay right where i am now.

[crematory]

Hello

If its true, then melabs are developing and testing the new compiler, so that they be sure its completely free of bugs before announcing any thing, as they were, are and always will be aware of thier products reputation. Also its not a good thing to release it and wait for people to find bugs for them, so, waiting is all what we can do at the moment

Aslo they are used to not telling the public what they are doing, or intend to do, as they don't want programmers to stop buying the current compiler, but it will be logical if previous users of PBPro can upgrade to the new compiler with a discount as PDS guys did, that will be really nice then.

Melabs will have three products then, PICBasic Compiler, PICBasic Pro, and ???????, may be PICBasic Ultra

I don't know, may be melabs are not happy about this thread any way.

[NavMicroSystems]

Crematory,

I don't know where you get your information from.

If there is a new version to come I would wish it is as solid as the current version.

I'm sure MELABS is monitoring competition and they have realized there is room for improvement.

But currently competitors bug reports are bigger than the features lists.

So I can wait for a new "rock solid" version.

And as long as there is no official announcement I'll take this thead as "rumors"