Crumbs!
I just downloaded it and I have been looking at the examples.
If anyone wants a natural successor to Blitz, this is it.
Speed wise, the 2D commands do not seem in the same league as Freebasic, but there's loads of scope here, inline assembly language too

Exe size is a bit big and it seems to pack the exes for you, but they are smaller than fb and anyone looking for an easier starting point than Freebasic could do well to look at this.
I really like the ease that you can use DirectX with this language as well.
K+ Papasmurf, what a great find this language is

I'll surely try and write some kind of intro with it for fun.