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Lots of new languages come out that look like syntax level changes from an existing mainstream language. This looks like C# with a slightly different syntax to

Lots of new languages come out that look like syntax level changes from an existing mainstream language. This looks like C# with a slightly different syntax to me. C# has a huge community, so why would I use this? Compare that to, for example, Clojure where there is no mainstream equivalent. I can see why it exists. Perhaps the readme just need updating?

kd5bjo 6y ago
> Lots of new languages come out that look like syntax level changes from an existing mainstream language. This is how lots of programming languages start, but they then diverge over time: C++ started as C with some syntax sugar around structure definitions, and C# started as a reskin of Java. Over time, each has developed its own character and following.
Hemospectrum 6y ago
It's a BASIC dialect. The syntax isn't arbitrarily different from C#. It was inherited from previous incarnations of this project, going back to the Amiga days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitz_BASIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitz_BASIC