The Lunduke Journal of Technology
QB64 is an extremely cool project. It is a complete IDE and compiler that provides compatibility with Microsoft QuickBASIC — and runs on Linux, Windows, and macOS.
Oddly enough, there appeared to be one — and only one — online location where QB64 members were still alive and talking… the QB64 Discord channel. After checking in with them about the status of the project, I was surprised by how wild the story truly was.
Interesting factoid: QB64 was originally written in QuickBASIC 4.5. Later, as the project matured, QB64 was developed in QB64 itself.
Fellippe Heitor announces that he has transferred control of QB64 (including all finances) to a man named Robert Ryan Carter (who used the handle “RC Cola 1987”).
There was some concern within the existing QB64 community as none of them appeared to have ever met, or even heard of, “RC Cola” before he was announced as the “CEO”.
No official statement was given for the departure but, based on third party reports, it was for Fellippe’s “mental health”.
