BlitzBasic versus BlitzPlus

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Zooker(Posted 2006) [#1]
Are these 2 version's of Blitz totally compatible? They seem to have all the same commands!


WolRon(Posted 2006) [#2]
BlitzBasic is not a version, but a programming language.

BRL sells:
BlitzPlus
Blitz3D
BlitzMax

None are totally compatible. Each have their own unique benefits. Each are based off of the BlitzBasic language.

They once sold a product called Blitz2D? or BlitzBasic? but it is now obsolete and unsupported. As far as I know, BlitzPlus and Blitz3D can both perform the same functions that the original Blitz2D did.


xlsior(Posted 2006) [#3]
BlitzBasic is not a version, but a programming language.

BRL sells:
BlitzPlus
Blitz3D
BlitzMax



...Plus they used to sell the now-discontinued 'BlitzBasic', now mostly referred to as Blitz2D.

Anyway, BlitzBasic is where it all started. BlitzPlus is a newer version, and supports pretty much all the BlitzBasic commands, but has been partially rewritten. It is a little bit faster in places, has some added features (such as the ability to talk to the windows API, has built-in GUI commands so you can create 'windows' programs as well)

More importantly, BlitzPlus is currently still supported and receives the occasional bugfix / update, although at a lesser rate than BlitzMax & Blitz3D do.