Ideas

-Ability to run under Windows, Linux & Mac-OS X

You plan to do this by compiling the QB71 code to C under Windows and then compiling the C code under Linux, right?

-Easy to use networking support over TCP/IP

OPEN "ftp.fbi.gov" FOR FTP LOGIN="George Bush" PASSWD="password" AS #1
_FTPPUT #1, "STUFF.TXT"
_FTPGET #1, "OTHERSTUFF.TXT"
CLOSE #1

-Ability to play .WAV, .MIDI, .MP3 files etc

CALL _PLAYWAV("stuff.wav")

-Ability to load .BMP, .PNG, .GIF, .JPG etc. images

CALL _BMPPLOT("stuff.bmp", [x, y, height, width, transparent])

- SUB stuff(a as _any)

Um... doesn't QB 7.1 have that already?

Anyway, it would be kind of stupid to have:

FUNCTION stuff(BYVAL a) for PDS 7.1 and VBDOS
FUNCTION stuff(a) and then use extra parenthesis for QB 1.1 and 4.5
FUNCTION stuff(_BYVAL a) for QB64