New full archive of Amiblitz2 for new users.

[Im>bE]

The profesional BASIC programming language, Amiblitz2, has many improvements
over the much older BlitzBasic2.

Thanks to Bernd Roesch
and other cool people supporting it,

Amiblitz2 has gotten:
-Freeware/Opensource.
-Many times faster compile time.
-An optimize feature
 that can make programs go 3-4 times faster
 than it would when compiled with BlitzBasic2.
-Several BlitzBasic2 related bugs fixed.

And many other improvements
that BlitzBasic2 just seemed to lack.

You can get it here
or at any other aminet mirror.

Amiblitz2 sources should also be compatible
with BlitzBasic2 sources,
(and vice versa)
but that is not a guarantee.
Maybe especially not from AB2 to BB2.

[pjhutch]

I have used BB2 for games mainly its much better than anything else for quick game writing.

BTW, there is web site for info, downloads etc
at http://blitz2000.gazchap.com/
or http://blitz-2000.david-mcminn.co.uk/news.html
or http://www.amigau.com/b2k/htdocs/news.html

See official Blitz for PC site at
http://www.blitzbasic.com/Home/_index_.php

[Velcro_SP]

Does it support writing programs in Workbench windows? How is the graphics card support. Does it bang the hardware too much or is it well-behaved and suited for modern programming. Has anyone tried it on MorphOS? Is the current programming group supportive of getting things up to speed under MorphOS?

[Hooligan_DCS]

The last time I tried Blitz2, the debugger didn't appear to work under MorphOS.

[pjhutch]

Yes, it does support Workbench style programs and its possible to call P98/CGFX routines as well via the AmigaOS Libraries.
It includes a lot of commands for programming Amiga Bobs/Sprites and so on, so those will use the custom chipsets.

[ChaosLord]

The last time I tried Blitz2, the debugged didn't appear to work under MorphOS.

Yes MorphOS still has a lot of bugs.

[Hooligan_DCS]

Define "lots"

[ChaosLord]

Define "lots"

1. a great many.

2. a considerable quantity or number.

[Madgun68]

Yes, it does support Workbench style programs and its possible to call P98/CGFX routines as well via the AmigaOS Libraries.
It includes a lot of commands for programming Amiga Bobs/Sprites and so on, so those will use the custom chipsets.

There is also a fairly new library that you can use that can directly support gfx cards without making calls to libraries yourself.

[Hooligan_DCS]

@ChaosLord

When talking about an OS, lots is dozens. Less than dozens are a few

I'd be more worried about lack of features than bugs in MorphOS.