Perhaps basic256 is close to what you are looking for. It is packaged for Debian so it should be easy enough to check out.
apt-cache show basic256 http://www.basic256.org/index_en -- David On Fri, 2017-12-15 at 16:47 +0200, John Sechrest wrote: > What is the goal of the basic? > > Just dinking around? > > Or creating value of some kind? > > Or solving some particular problem? > > The default language that I point purple to is JavaScript, since it > is so > ubiquitous and since it solves many problems in the default user > interface > these days. > > It looks like there are three versions of basic transpired to > JavaScript > > https://github.com/jashkenas/CoffeeScript/wiki/List-of-languages-that > -compile-to-JS > > So JavaScript has some versitility > > On Dec 15, 2017 6:07 AM, "Richard Owlett" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The thread titled "Learning programming" prompts to ask. > > > > I'm looking for a _simple_ BASIC, similar to "Dartmouth BASIC" or > > "Lawrence Livermore BASIC", to run on my Debian machine. Modern > > Basic's are > > too powerful and filled with glitter. > > > > I have mind some simple scripts. I'm learning Tcl which is > > appropriate for > > most if not all of my needs. But my intro to programming used > > CORC/CUPL > > (Cornell's predecessor of Dartmouth's BASIC) and I would like to > > use > > something I'm fluent in. I wouldn't miss requiring line numbers. I > > might > > even use a GOTO or two. (an elderly owl does expect to duck for > > cover ;) > > > > TIA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
