Credits (in alphabetic order)
Andre Victor (av1ctor[at]yahoo.com.br) - Project Admin:
- Project creator.
- Main compiler developer.
Angelo Mottola (a.mottola[at]libero.it) - Project Member:
- Ported FreeBASIC to Linux.
- Developer of GFXLib2.
- Added built-in threads, dynlib support and I/O ports access support.
- Made the rtlib thread-safe, besides many other runtime lib and compiler improvements.
Daniel R. Verkamp (i_am_drv[at]yahoo.com) - Project Member:
- Ported FreeBASIC to DOS and Xbox; ports maintainer.
- Translated the Allegro headers (later replaced by the SWIG FB wrapper version).
- Wrote the DLL and static library automation, plus resource scripts support on Windows.
- Developed the VB-compatible file routines in the extended runtime library.
Jeff Marshall (coder[at]execulink.com) - Project Member:
- Improved and fixed the printer support in all platforms.
- Added compiler tests and improved the document translator.
- Helped in adding the fblite dialect.
- Miscellaneous fixes and improvements.
Mark Junker (mjscod[at]gmx.de) - Ex-Project Member:
- Added support for file systems like SCR, LPTx, COM, etc.
- Added printer support.
- Developer of the FB runtime-lib extended (libfbx).
- Added the automated runtime-lib and compiler tests (later replaced by CUnit unit testing).
- Wrote the Windows installer scripts.
- Many runtime library fixes and improvements.
Matthew Fearnley (counting.pine[at]virgin.net) - Project Member:
- Helped in adding the fblite dialect.
- Miscellaneous fixes and improvements.
Ruben Rodriguez (rubentbstk[at]gmail.com) - Project Member:
- Many compiler improvements and bug fixes.
- Corrected the errors in English in the readme.txt and migrating.txt files, plus the messages in compiler/error.bas.
- Added the __PATH__ intrinsic define, and made OFFSETOF() work inside inline asm blocks.
Simon Nash - Project Member:
- Implemented the AndAlso/OrElse short-circuit operators.
- Many compiler improvements and bug fixes.
Abdullah Ali (voodooattack[at]hotmail.com):
- Fixed and finished the Windows NT DDK headers at the inc/win/ddk dir, translated by the SWIG FB wrapper.
- Wrote the Windows NT DDK test at the examples/Windows/ddk/driver dir.
- Added DLL hot-linking support to the Windows port (disabled at the moment).
Bryan Stoeberl (b_stoeberl[at]yahoo.com):
- Translated the OpenGL Extensions header (later replaced by the SWIG FB wrapper version).
- Wrote the glext example at the examples/GL dir.
- Added SSE/SSE2 code generation for floating point math.
Claudio Tinivella (tinycla[at]yahoo.it):
- Translated from C all the Gtk tutorials at the examples/Gtk/Tutorials dir.
Chris Davies (c.g.davies[at]gmail.com):
- Translated the OpenAL headers (later replaced by the SWIG FB wrapper version).
- Wrote the OpenAL demonstration in the examples/sound directory.
Dumbledore (dumbledore3[at]gmail.com):
- Ported the wx-c headers (later replaced by the SWIG FB wrapper version).
- Wrote the wx demonstration in the examples/wx-c dir.
Edmond Leung (leung.edmond[at]gmail.com):
- Translated the SDL headers, including SDL_mixer and SDL_image (later replaced by the SWIG FB wrapper version).
- Wrote/ported many of the examples in the examples/SDL dir.
Eric Lope (vic_viperph[at]yahoo.com):
- Translated the OpenGL and GLU headers (later replaced by the SWIG FB wrapper version).
- Wrote the rel-* graphics demonstrations in the examples/gfx directory.
- Wrote the examples/GL/fbgfx_texture.bas OpenGL example.
Florent Heyworth (florent.heyworth[at]swissonline.ch):
- Translated the Win API sql/obdc headers (later replaced by the SWIG FB wrapper version).
fsw (fsw.fb[at]comcast.net):
- Translated most of the Windows API headers (later replaced by the SWIG FB wrapper version).
- Wrote the glade_gui demo at the examples/Gtk directory, besides the wx-c GUI examples (not included).
Garvan O'Keeffe (sisophon2001[at]yahoo.com):
- Translated most of the NeHe's OpenGL lessons at the examples/GL/NeHe dir.
- Wrote the PDFlib demonstration, at examples/pdflib.
Hans L. Nemeschkal (Hans.Leo.Nemeschkal[at]univie.ac.at):
- Translated the DISLIN header (later replaced by the SWIG FB wrapper version).
Jose Manuel Postigo (postigo[at]uma.es):
- Added support for serial devices in Linux.
Laanan Fisher (laananfisher[at]gmail.com):
- Re-implemented the compiler test suite (at the /tests directory), using unit testing (CUnit).
Jofers (spam[at]betterwebber.com):
- Wrote the examples in the examples/freetype directory.
Matthias Faust (matthias_faust[at]web.de):
- Translated the SDL_ttf header (later replaced by the SWIG FB wrapper version).
- Wrote the SDL_ttf demonstration.
Marzec (marzce[at]sbox.tugraz.at):
- Wrote the SDL_bassgl, SDL_opengl, and SDL_key tests in the SDL directory.
- Translated the first SDL headers (replaced by new ones since version 0.11b).
- Wrote the first file routines for the runtime library.
Nek (dave[at]nodtveidt.net):
- Translated the Windows API headers, integrating parts of fsw's work (later replaced by the SWIG FB wrapper version).
plasma (plasma[at]phatcode.net):
- Translated the FMOD and BASS headers.
- Wrote the fmod.bas test in the examples/sound directory.
Randy Keeling (randy[at]keeling.com):
- Wrote the GSL matrix test at the examples/GSL directory.
Sterling Christensen (sterling[at]engineer.com):
- Ex-project member, developer of the QB-like graphics library (later replaced by GFXLib2 in 0.11b).
Steven Hidy (subxero[at]phatcode.net):
- Rewrote the readme file, correcting v1ctor's mistakes (also re-edited by KrisKhaos for version 0.12).
zydon (zydon[at]mesra.net):
- Wrote many of the examples in the examples/Windows/gui directory.
