Man this is awesome. After trying out Blitz3D again after 20 years, those two things came also into my mind. \ and . operators are pretty weird and no warning on usage of an undeclared variable is just too error prone.
Thank you so much, Mark Sibly. I started learning programming with Blitz3D, and it sparked my interest in software development, ultimately leading to my career as a software developer. Now, two decades later, as a senior developer, revisiting Blitz3D brings back memories and makes me a bit emotional. I often wonder what I would be doing now if I hadn't discovered Blitz3D back then. I once had a large collection of programming books on various languages, including one titled Game Programming with Blitz3D. This is the only book I've kept, and I probably will never sell or throw it away.
