Why HotBasic?

Stride was designed with and for the HotBasic compiler. This language has several benefits, among which three winning aspects, in my opinion.

1. A simple and compact syntax.

2. Fast executables: HotBasic directly produces assembly code, way faster than rapidQ, for instance.

3. Byte-level flexibility. HotBasic incorporates a very clever memory object, which is basically a block of data, that you can manipulate with total flexibility. That was a foundation for the support of COM and .NET in HotBasic, for instance.