That's a dangerous question to ask here or on the other camp... BTW.

Is it better or not?

Depending what you think it's better. Yes it provide more built-in function than PBP like Keypad, some GLCD support, Trig and few more. Is it better because of it? It's up to you to answer to that.

Once you played with PBP and build your own routine that work great... why changing to another. It's My own opinion and i'm not going to start another Heated debate.

I'd tried Proton in the past and stop using it like some user here for various reasons.

BTW it's not too hard to translate from PBP to Proton. There's a few difference in the coding. They provide a demo version (maybe too much limited for serious evaluation but... it's free).

Is it an upgrade of PBP? As it's not made by the same company, it's not. PBP will always be an upgrade of PBC.

Yeah i know that i'm not really clear but... too easy to start flames here... as we saw many times in the past. You can even do a search with PROTON in this board to see some comments on.

Good luck and think more than twice before doing your move. It's still your cash

Ralph ?